-oides

See also: oídes and oïdes

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin -oīdēs (“-like, -oid”).

Suffix

-oides m or f or n

(taxonomy) resembling, -oid, -like

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From -o- +‎ Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /o.iː.deːs/, [oiːd̪eːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.i.des/, [oid̪es]

Suffix

-oīdēs (neuter -oīdes or -oīdēs); third-declension one-termination suffix (Greek-type)

-oid, -like

Inflection

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

	masc./fem.	neuter	masc./fem.	neuter
	singular		plural
nominative	-oīdēs	-oīdes¹ -oīdēs	-oīdēs	-oīda -oīdia²
genitive	-oīdis		-oīdum -oīdium²
dative	-oīdī		-oīdibus
accusative	-oīdem	-oīdes¹ -oīdēs	-oīdēs	-oīda -oīdia²
ablative	-oīde -oīdī²		-oīdibus
vocative	-oīdes¹ -oīdēs		-oīdēs	-oīda -oīdia²

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.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ English: -oid
→ Translingual: -oides