English → Latin
“quince” in Latin
cydōniusCydonian (from Cydonia, in Crete); CretanmēlinusOf or pertaining to quinces.; yellowvestīmentumgarment, robe, article of clothing; clothes, clothing, garmentssūcusjuice; sap; moisturemalusunpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad; unpleasant to the senses, sight, smell, taste, touch; bad, evil, wicked, mmēlŏmĕlithe sirup of preserved quinces
The English word quince itself goes back to Latin cotōneum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
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].
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for quince?
- The usual Latin words for “quince” are cydōnius, mēlinus, vestīmentum; also sūcus, malus, mēlŏmĕli. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.