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.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | hȳoīdeus | hȳoīdea | hȳoīdeum | hȳoīdeī | hȳoīdeae | hȳoīdea | |
| genitive | hȳoīdeī | hȳoīdeae | hȳoīdeī | hȳoīdeōrum | hȳoīdeārum | hȳoīdeōrum | |
| dative | hȳoīdeō | hȳoīdeae | hȳoīdeō | hȳoīdeīs | |||
| accusative | hȳoīdeum | hȳoīdeam | hȳoīdeum | hȳoīdeōs | hȳoīdeās | hȳoīdea | |
| ablative | hȳoīdeō | hȳoīdeā | hȳoīdeō | hȳoīdeīs | |||
| vocative | hȳoīdee | hȳoīdea | hȳoīdeum | hȳoīdeī | hȳoīdeae | hȳoīdea | |