Pomilithkia - medlar or common medlar
Name - Origin
Cypriot name of food
Πομηλιδκιά. Pomilithkiá
Language remarks
pl: pomelithkiés. The fruit is a pomelida, pl: pomelides (Pharmakidou XP, 2003 p. 204).
Scientific name: Mespilus germanica.
It is mentioned in ancient Greek literature as mespilon (μέσπιλον) from which it was adopted in Latin as mespilium. In Cypriot, in more recent times, the tree is called polemidià and the fruit are called polemídia (wikipedia, Mespilus germanica).
Additional information and bibliography
Time period
19th - 21st c.
Bibliography
Pharmakidou XP (1983). Γλωσσάριον Ξενοφώντος Π. Φαρμακίδου, [Υλικά διά την σύνταξιν Ιστορικού Λεξικού της Κυπριακής Διαλέκτου, μέρος Β', έκδ. Θεοφανώς Δ. Κυπρή], Centre for Scientific Research, Nicosia, 2nd ed., 2003.
Web source: wikipedia, entry Μεσπιλέα η γερμανική).
Researcher/Recorder
Stalo Lazarou