quince

QUINCE

malum cydonium (*pyrus cydonia after Linn.): a quince-tree cydonia (*pirus cydonia Linn.): quince-colored melinus (μήλινος; e.g. vestimentum): the kernel of a quince *granum mali cydonii: the juice of quinces succi (malorum) cydoniorum (Pallad. 11 20 2): melomeli (Col. 12 47 3): oil made of quinces; wine made of quinces etc. vinum ex malis cydoniis factum ☞ cydonites (Pallad. 11 20) does not stand for wine made of quinces but for the juice of quinces mixed with honey κυδωνόμελι [Vid: Schneider on that passage].

quince or quince-apple (*pirus Cydonia, Linn.): Cy̆dōnĭum (i and e) mālum, and absol. Cy̆dōnium (fr. Cydon, a town in Crete): (Latinized) cŏtōnĕum (e and i): found only in plur.: cotonea (following mala): Cat. R. R. 7: Varr. R. R. 7: cf. Plin. 15, 11, 10, mala quae vocamus cotonea et Graeci Cydonia, ex Creta insula advecta ...: plura eorum genera: chrysomela colore ad aurum inclinato (the yellow q.): candidiora, nostratia cognominata ...: Neapolitana: cf. Col. 5, 10, 19. The juice of quinces, succi malorum cydoniorum, Pallad. 11, 20, 2: q.-wine, or rather q.-mead or q.-marmalade (quiddany: a confection of q.-juice with honey), cydoneum, n.: Dig. 33, 6, 9: cydonītes, ae, m. (sc. οἶνος): Pall. Oct. 20: mēlomĕli, n. (μηλόμελι), Col. 12, 47, 3: the making of mead from quinces, conditura (mulsi) ex cydoniis, Col. 12, 41. Adj. mēlĭnus (μήλινος: Grk. generic as specific): oil of quinces, m. oleum, Plin. 13, 1, 2: hence subs. mēlĭnum, n. for quince-ointment, ib.: and quince eye-salve, Inscr., and a quince-yellow garment, Pl. Epid. 2, 2, 51.