maxillaris
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Latin
Etymology
From māxilla (“the jawbone, jaw”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /maːk.silˈlaː.ris/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mak.silˈla.ris/,
Adjective
māxillāris (neuter māxillāre); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (anatomy, relational) of or pertaining to the jaw; maxillary
Inflection
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | māxillāris | māxillāre | māxillārēs | māxillāria | |
| genitive | māxillāris | māxillārium | |||
| dative | māxillārī | māxillāribus | |||
| accusative | māxillārem | māxillāre | māxillārēs māxillārīs |
māxillāria | |
| ablative | māxillārī | māxillāribus | |||
| vocative | māxillāris | māxillāre | māxillārēs | māxillāria | |
Descendants
māxillāris
- → English: maxillary, maxillar
- → French: maxillaire
- Italian: mascellare
References
- “maxillaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- maxillaris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.