Borrowed from Latin -oīdēs (“-like, -oid”).
-oides m or f or n
From -o- + Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”).
-oīdēs (neuter -oīdes or -oīdēs); third-declension one-termination suffix (Greek-type)
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | -oīdēs | -oīdes1 -oīdēs |
-oīdēs | -oīdia | |
| Genitive | -oīdis | -oīdium | |||
| Dative | -oīdī | -oīdibus | |||
| Accusative | -oīdem | -oīdes1 -oīdēs |
-oīdēs | -oīdia | |
| Ablative | -oīdī | -oīdibus | |||
| Vocative | -oīdes1 -oīdēs |
-oīdēs | -oīdia | ||
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.