mylohyoides

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μύ̆λη (múlē, “a molar”) +‎ hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”). Doublet of mylohȳoīdeus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mylohȳoīdēs (neuter mylohȳoīdes or mylohȳoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the molar tooth and the hyoid bone; mylohyoid.

Inflection

Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative mylohȳoīdēs mylohȳoīdes1
mylohȳoīdēs 		mylohȳoīdēs mylohȳoīda
mylohȳoīdia2
genitive mylohȳoīdis mylohȳoīdum
mylohȳoīdium2
dative mylohȳoīdī mylohȳoīdibus
accusative mylohȳoīdem mylohȳoīdes1
mylohȳoīdēs 		mylohȳoīdēs mylohȳoīda
mylohȳoīdia2
ablative mylohȳoīde
mylohȳoīdī2 		mylohȳoīdibus
vocative mylohȳoīdes1
mylohȳoīdēs 		mylohȳoīdēs mylohȳoīda
mylohȳoīdia2

1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
2It is unknown whether adjectives of this type would use i-stem or consonant-stem endings in Classical Latin: the relevant forms are not attested. Depending on the word, either ending or both may be attested in New Latin.

Descendants

  • → English: mylohyoid
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