Κυδωνία

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ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγωhowever, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess

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French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
Kydonia, ville de Crète (auj. Chania).
Étymologie: Κύδωνες.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Κῠδωνία: ἡ Кидония (город на сев.-зап. побережье Крита, соперник Кносса и Гортины, ставший впосл. колонией Закинфа, затем Самоса - 2-я пол. VI в. до н. э. - и, наконец, Эгины) Her.