sternocleidomastoides

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Latin

Etymology

From sternum (“the breastbone”) +‎ Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “the collarbone”) +‎ mastoīdēs (“like a breast”). Doublet of sternocleidomastoīdeus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sternocleidomastoīdēs (neuter sternocleidomastoīdes or sternocleidomastoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the breastbone, collarbone and the mastoid process of the temporal bone; sternocleidomastoid.

Inflection

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

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative sternocleidomastoīdēs sternocleidomastoīdes1
sternocleidomastoīdēs 		sternocleidomastoīdēs sternocleidomastoīdia
Genitive sternocleidomastoīdis sternocleidomastoīdium
Dative sternocleidomastoīdī sternocleidomastoīdibus
Accusative sternocleidomastoīdem sternocleidomastoīdes1
sternocleidomastoīdēs 		sternocleidomastoīdēs sternocleidomastoīdia
Ablative sternocleidomastoīdī sternocleidomastoīdibus
Vocative sternocleidomastoīdes1
sternocleidomastoīdēs 		sternocleidomastoīdēs sternocleidomastoīdia

1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.

Descendants

  • → English: sternocleidomastoid
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