Cydōnĭa or Cydōnēa, ae, f., = Κυδωνία,
I an ancient and celebrated town on the north coast of Crete , now Canea , Mel. 2, 7, 12; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59 Sillig N. cr.; Flor. 3, 7, 4.—
II Hence,
A Cydon , ōnis, m.
1 A Cydonian , Verg. A. 12, 858.—
2 A son of Phorcus , Verg. A. 10, 325.—In plur., Luc. 7, 229.—
B Cydō-nĭus , a, um, adj., Cydonian : spicula, poet. for Cretan , Verg. E. 10, 59; cf. arcus, Hor. C. 4, 9, 17.—So esp. freq. Cydonia (and Latinized cotonia, cotonea) mala; also absol. : cydōnĭa ( cŏtōnĭa , cŏtōnĕa ), ōrum, n., a quince or quince-apple , Plin. 15, 11, 10, § 37; Col. 5, 10, 19; Macr. S. 7, 6; Varr. R. R. 1, 59; Col. 12, 47, 1; Prop. 3 (4), 13, 27.—Cydonia arbor, or absol. : cydōnĭus , ii, f., a quince-tree , Pall. Febr. 25, 21; 25, 20; id. Insit. 99 al.— cydōnĕum , i, n., quincejuice, quince-wine , Dig. 33, 6, 9.—
C Cy-dōnēus , a, um, adj., Cydonian : juvencae, Ov. A. A. 1, 293: pharetrae, poet. for Cretan , id. M. 8, 22: sagittae, Stat. Th. 7, 339: harundo, Sil. 10, 261.—
D Cydōnītes , ae, adj., Cydonian : vites, Col. 3, 2, 2.—Subst.: Cy-dōnītes , ae, m. (sc. οἶνος), quince-wine (cf. B. fin. ), Pall. Oct. 20.—
E Cydōnĭātae , ārum, m., the inhabitants of Cydonia , Liv. 37, 60, 3; Plin. 8, 58, 83, § 228.