omohyoides

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”) +‎ hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”). Doublet of ōmohȳoīdeus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ōmohȳoīdēs (neuter ōmohȳoīdes or ōmohȳoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone; omohyoid.
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Inflection

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

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative ōmohȳoīdēs ōmohȳoīdes1
ōmohȳoīdēs 		ōmohȳoīdēs ōmohȳoīda
ōmohȳoīdia2
genitive ōmohȳoīdis ōmohȳoīdum
ōmohȳoīdium2
dative ōmohȳoīdī ōmohȳoīdibus
accusative ōmohȳoīdem ōmohȳoīdes1
ōmohȳoīdēs 		ōmohȳoīdēs ōmohȳoīda
ōmohȳoīdia2
ablative ōmohȳoīde
ōmohȳoīdī2 		ōmohȳoīdibus
vocative ōmohȳoīdes1
ōmohȳoīdēs 		ōmohȳoīdēs ōmohȳoīda
ōmohȳoīdia2

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: omohyoid
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