μαστοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μᾰστός (măstós, “a woman's breast”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mas.to.eː.dɛ̌ːs/ → /mas.to.iˈðis/ → /mas.to.iˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mas.to.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mas.to.iˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mas.to.iˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mas.to.iˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mas.to.iˈðis/

Adjective

μᾰστοειδής • (măstoeidḗs) m or f (neuter μᾰστοειδές); third declension

1. Like a breast.

Inflection

Third declension of μᾰστοειδής; μᾰστοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μᾰστοειδής măstoeidḗs	μᾰστοειδές măstoeidés		μᾰστοειδεῖ măstoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖ măstoeideî		μᾰστοειδεῖς măstoeideîs	μᾰστοειδῆ măstoeidê
Genitive		μᾰστοειδοῦς măstoeidoûs	μᾰστοειδοῦς măstoeidoûs		μᾰστοειδοῖν măstoeidoîn	μᾰστοειδοῖν măstoeidoîn		μᾰστοειδῶν măstoeidôn	μᾰστοειδῶν măstoeidôn
Dative		μᾰστοειδεῖ măstoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖ măstoeideî		μᾰστοειδοῖν măstoeidoîn	μᾰστοειδοῖν măstoeidoîn		μᾰστοειδέσῐ / μᾰστοειδέσῐν măstoeidésĭ(n)	μᾰστοειδέσῐ / μᾰστοειδέσῐν măstoeidésĭ(n)
Accusative		μᾰστοειδῆ măstoeidê	μᾰστοειδές măstoeidés		μᾰστοειδεῖ măstoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖ măstoeideî		μᾰστοειδεῖς măstoeideîs	μᾰστοειδῆ măstoeidê
Vocative		μᾰστοειδές măstoeidés	μᾰστοειδές măstoeidés		μᾰστοειδεῖ măstoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖ măstoeideî		μᾰστοειδεῖς măstoeideîs	μᾰστοειδῆ măstoeidê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		μᾰστοειδῶς măstoeidôs			μᾰστοειδέστερος măstoeidésteros			μᾰστοειδέστᾰτος măstoeidéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → New Latin: mastoīdēs
  • → English: mastoid
  • → Spanish: mastoides

References

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