hyoideus
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs, “shaped like the letter "υ"”) + -eus (adjectival suffix), from ὖ (û, “Greek letter upsilon”) + -ο- (-o-, “-like, -oid”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs). Doublet of hȳoīdēs.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hyː.oˈiː.de.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.oˈi.de.us/,
Adjective
hȳoīdeus (feminine hȳoīdea, neuter hȳoīdeum); first/second-declension adjective
Inflection
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | hȳoīdeus | hȳoīdea | hȳoīdeum | hȳoīdeī | hȳoīdeae | hȳoīdea | |
| Genitive | hȳoīdeī | hȳoīdeae | hȳoīdeī | hȳoīdeōrum | hȳoīdeārum | hȳoīdeōrum | |
| Dative | hȳoīdeō | hȳoīdeō | hȳoīdeīs | ||||
| Accusative | hȳoīdeum | hȳoīdeam | hȳoīdeum | hȳoīdeōs | hȳoīdeās | hȳoīdea | |
| Ablative | hȳoīdeō | hȳoīdeā | hȳoīdeō | hȳoīdeīs | |||
| Vocative | hȳoīdee | hȳoīdea | hȳoīdeum | hȳoīdeī | hȳoīdeae | hȳoīdea | |