thyreohyoides

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Latin

Etymology

From thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”) +‎ hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”). Doublet of thyreohȳoīdeus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

thyreohȳoīdēs (neuter thyreohȳoīdes or thyreohȳoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage and the hyoid bone; thyrohyoid.

Inflection

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

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative thyreohȳoīdēs thyreohȳoīdes1
thyreohȳoīdēs 		thyreohȳoīdēs thyreohȳoīda
thyreohȳoīdia2
genitive thyreohȳoīdis thyreohȳoīdum
thyreohȳoīdium2
dative thyreohȳoīdī thyreohȳoīdibus
accusative thyreohȳoīdem thyreohȳoīdes1
thyreohȳoīdēs 		thyreohȳoīdēs thyreohȳoīda
thyreohȳoīdia2
ablative thyreohȳoīde
thyreohȳoīdī2 		thyreohȳoīdibus
vocative thyreohȳoīdes1
thyreohȳoīdēs 		thyreohȳoīdēs thyreohȳoīda
thyreohȳoīdia2

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: thyrohyoid
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