carotis

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτῐ́δες (kărōtĭ́des, “carotid arteries”), from κᾰρόω (kăróō, “to plunge into deep sleep or torpor”) +‎ -τῐ́δες (-tĭ́des, plural nominal suffix), from the fact that the carotid artery supplies blood to the brain, and interruption of this flow causes loss of consciousness.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈroː.tis/, [käˈroːt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈro.tis/, [käˈrɔːt̪is]

Noun

carōtis f (genitive carōtidis); third declension (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) the carotid artery

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	carōtis	carōtidēs
genitive	carōtidis	carōtidum
dative	carōtidī	carōtidibus
accusative	carōtidem	carōtidēs
ablative	carōtide	carōtidibus
vocative	carōtis	carōtidēs

Descendants

• → English: carotid

Etymology 2

Noun

carōtīs

1. dative/ablative plural of carōta