malum cotonium

• mālum cotōneum, cotōneum, cotōnium, cydōnium

Calque of Ancient Greek κυδώνιον μῆλον (kudṓnion mêlon, literally “apple of Cydonia”), named after a town in Crete.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.lum koˈtoː.ni.um/, [ˈmäːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ kɔˈt̪oːniʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈma.lum koˈto.ni.um/, [ˈmäːlum koˈt̪ɔːnium]

mālum cotōnium n (genitive mālī cotōniī); second declension

1. the quince, fruit of the Cydonia

Second-declension noun (neuter) with a second-declension adjective.

• Spanish: melocotón (“peach”)
  • →? Catalan: melicotó, melocotó, melacotó
  • → English: melocoton
  • → Portuguese: melocotão