θυρεοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θυρεός (thureós, “oblong shield”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form”), from θύρα (thúra, “door”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰy.re.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/ → /θy.re.o.iˈðis/ → /θi.re.o.iˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰy.re.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰy.re.o.iˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θy.re.o.iˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θy.re.o.iˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi.re.o.iˈðis/

Adjective

θῠρεοειδής • (thŭreoeidḗs) m or f (neuter θῠρεοειδές); third declension

1. Shield-shaped.

   χόνδρος θυρεοειδής ― khóndros thureoeidḗs ― thyroid cartilage

Inflection

Third declension of θῠρεοειδής; θῠρεοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θῠρεοειδής thŭreoeidḗs	θῠρεοειδές thŭreoeidés		θῠρεοειδεῖ thŭreoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖ thŭreoeideî		θῠρεοειδεῖς thŭreoeideîs	θῠρεοειδῆ thŭreoeidê
Genitive		θῠρεοειδοῦς thŭreoeidoûs	θῠρεοειδοῦς thŭreoeidoûs		θῠρεοειδοῖν thŭreoeidoîn	θῠρεοειδοῖν thŭreoeidoîn		θῠρεοειδῶν thŭreoeidôn	θῠρεοειδῶν thŭreoeidôn
Dative		θῠρεοειδεῖ thŭreoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖ thŭreoeideî		θῠρεοειδοῖν thŭreoeidoîn	θῠρεοειδοῖν thŭreoeidoîn		θῠρεοειδέσῐ / θῠρεοειδέσῐν thŭreoeidésĭ(n)	θῠρεοειδέσῐ / θῠρεοειδέσῐν thŭreoeidésĭ(n)
Accusative		θῠρεοειδῆ thŭreoeidê	θῠρεοειδές thŭreoeidés		θῠρεοειδεῖ thŭreoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖ thŭreoeideî		θῠρεοειδεῖς thŭreoeideîs	θῠρεοειδῆ thŭreoeidê
Vocative		θῠρεοειδές thŭreoeidés	θῠρεοειδές thŭreoeidés		θῠρεοειδεῖ thŭreoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖ thŭreoeideî		θῠρεοειδεῖς thŭreoeideîs	θῠρεοειδῆ thŭreoeidê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		θῠρεοειδῶς thŭreoeidôs			θῠρεοειδέστερος thŭreoeidésteros			θῠρεοειδέστᾰτος thŭreoeidéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: θυρεοειδής (thyreoeidís) (learned)
• → New Latin: thyroideus (learned)
  • → French: thyroïde (learned)
  • → English: thyroid (learned)

See also

• θυροειδής (thuroeidḗs)

References

• “θυρεοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press