θυρεοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θυρεός (thureós, “oblong shield”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form”), from θύρα (thúra, “door”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰy.re.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰy.re.o.iˈde̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θy.re.o.iˈðis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θy.re.o.iˈðis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi.re.o.iˈðis/

Adjective

θῠρεοειδής • (thureoeidḗs) m or f (neuter θῠρεοειδές); third declension

Shield-shaped.
χόνδρος θυρεοειδής ― khóndros thureoeidḗs ― thyroid cartilage

Inflection

Third declension of θῠρεοειδής; θῠρεοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	θῠρεοειδής thureoeidḗs	θῠρεοειδές thureoeidés	θῠρεοειδεῖ thureoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖ thureoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖς thureoeideîs	θῠρεοειδῆ thureoeidê
Genitive	θῠρεοειδοῦς thureoeidoûs	θῠρεοειδοῦς thureoeidoûs	θῠρεοειδοῖν thureoeidoîn	θῠρεοειδοῖν thureoeidoîn	θῠρεοειδῶν thureoeidôn	θῠρεοειδῶν thureoeidôn
Dative	θῠρεοειδεῖ thureoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖ thureoeideî	θῠρεοειδοῖν thureoeidoîn	θῠρεοειδοῖν thureoeidoîn	θῠρεοειδέσῐ / θῠρεοειδέσῐν thureoeidési(n)	θῠρεοειδέσῐ / θῠρεοειδέσῐν thureoeidési(n)
Accusative	θῠρεοειδῆ thureoeidê	θῠρεοειδές thureoeidés	θῠρεοειδεῖ thureoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖ thureoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖς thureoeideîs	θῠρεοειδῆ thureoeidê
Vocative	θῠρεοειδές thureoeidés	θῠρεοειδές thureoeidés	θῠρεοειδεῖ thureoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖ thureoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖς thureoeideîs	θῠρεοειδῆ thureoeidê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	θῠρεοειδῶς thureoeidôs		θῠρεοειδέστερος thureoeidésteros		θῠρεοειδέστᾰτος thureoeidéstatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Greek: θυρεοειδής (thyreoeidís) (learned)
→ New Latin: thyroideus (learned)
- → French: thyroïde (learned)
- → English: thyroid (learned)

References

“θυρεοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

θυρεοειδής

Contents

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

Descendants

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