pterygopalatinus

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Latin

Etymology

From pterygoīdēs (“winglike”) +‎ palātīnus (“relating to the palate”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

pterygopalātīnus (feminine pterygopalātīna, neuter pterygopalātīnum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy, relational) pterygopalatine (relating to the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and the palatine bone)
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Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative pterygopalātīnus pterygopalātīna pterygopalātīnum pterygopalātīnī pterygopalātīnae pterygopalātīna
genitive pterygopalātīnī pterygopalātīnae pterygopalātīnī pterygopalātīnōrum pterygopalātīnārum pterygopalātīnōrum
dative pterygopalātīnō pterygopalātīnae pterygopalātīnō pterygopalātīnīs
accusative pterygopalātīnum pterygopalātīnam pterygopalātīnum pterygopalātīnōs pterygopalātīnās pterygopalātīna
ablative pterygopalātīnō pterygopalātīnā pterygopalātīnō pterygopalātīnīs
vocative pterygopalātīne pterygopalātīna pterygopalātīnum pterygopalātīnī pterygopalātīnae pterygopalātīna

Descendants

  • → French: ptérygo-palatin
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