From Ancient Greek χοροειδής (khoroeidḗs, alteration of χοριοειδής (khorioeidḗs, “like the afterbirth”)), from χόριον (khórion, “membrane that encloses the fetus in the womb, afterbirth”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like”).
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key):
choroīdēs (neuter choroīdes or choroīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | choroīdēs | choroīdes1 choroīdēs |
choroīdēs | choroīda choroīdia2 | |
| genitive | choroīdis | choroīdum choroīdium2 | |||
| dative | choroīdī | choroīdibus | |||
| accusative | choroīdem | choroīdes1 choroīdēs |
choroīdēs | choroīda choroīdia2 | |
| ablative | choroīde choroīdī2 |
choroīdibus | |||
| vocative | choroīdes1 choroīdēs |
choroīdēs | choroīda choroīdia2 | ||
1It is unknown whether Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
2It is unknown whether adjectives of this type would use i-stem or consonant-stem endings in Classical Latin: the relevant forms are not attested. Depending on the word, either ending or both may be attested in New Latin.