Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs, “shaped like the letter "υ"”), from ὖ (û) + -ο- (-o-) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”). Doublet of hȳoīdeus.
hȳoīdēs (neuter hȳoīdes or hȳoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | hȳoīdēs | hȳoīdes1 hȳoīdēs |
hȳoīdēs | hȳoīdia | |
Genitive | hȳoīdis | hȳoīdum hȳoīdium | |||
Dative | hȳoīdī | hȳoīdibus | |||
Accusative | hȳoīdem | hȳoīdes1 hȳoīdēs |
hȳoīdēs | hȳoīdia | |
Ablative | hȳoīde hȳoīdī |
hȳoīdibus | |||
Vocative | hȳoīdes1 hȳoīdēs |
hȳoīdēs | hȳoīdia |
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
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