sternohyoides

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Latin

Etymology

From sternum (“the breastbone”) +‎ -o- +‎ hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”). Doublet of sternohȳoīdeus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

sternohȳoīdēs (neuter sternohȳoīdes or sternohȳoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone.

Inflection

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

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative sternohȳoīdēs sternohȳoīdes1
sternohȳoīdēs 		sternohȳoīdēs sternohȳoīda
sternohȳoīdia2
genitive sternohȳoīdis sternohȳoīdum
sternohȳoīdium2
dative sternohȳoīdī sternohȳoīdibus
accusative sternohȳoīdem sternohȳoīdes1
sternohȳoīdēs 		sternohȳoīdēs sternohȳoīda
sternohȳoīdia2
ablative sternohȳoīde
sternohȳoīdī2 		sternohȳoīdibus
vocative sternohȳoīdes1
sternohȳoīdēs 		sternohȳoīdēs sternohȳoīda
sternohȳoīdia2

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: sternohyoid
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