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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek μηνοειδής (mēnoeidḗs).
Pronunciation
Adjective
mēnoīdēs (neuter mēnoīdes or mēnoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective
- (Late Latin) crescent-shaped, crescentic, crescentiform, crescentoid
Usage notes
- This word is found in some editions of Julius Firmicus Maternus's Matheseos libri, where it is taken to mean "crescent-shaped" based on the presumed Greek etymon; however, other editions have monoīdēs (which is taken to mean "having a single form, uniform" based on its presumed etymon), and it is not clear which editions are correct and which have miswritten the word. Both words are also attested elsewhere.
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
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