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cricoarytaenoides

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Latin

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Etymology

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From cricoīdēs (ring-shaped, cricoid) +‎ arytaenoīdēs (ladle-shaped, arytenoid). Doublet of cricoarytēnoīdeus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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cricoarytaenoīdēs (neuter cricoarytaenoīdes or cricoarytaenoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the cricoid and the arytenoid cartilages; cricoarytenoid.
    Synonym: cricoarytēnoīdeus

Inflection

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

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative cricoarytaenoīdēs cricoarytaenoīdes1
cricoarytaenoīdēs
cricoarytaenoīdēs cricoarytaenoīda
cricoarytaenoīdia2
genitive cricoarytaenoīdis cricoarytaenoīdum
cricoarytaenoīdium2
dative cricoarytaenoīdī cricoarytaenoīdibus
accusative cricoarytaenoīdem cricoarytaenoīdes1
cricoarytaenoīdēs
cricoarytaenoīdēs cricoarytaenoīda
cricoarytaenoīdia2
ablative cricoarytaenoīde
cricoarytaenoīdī2
cricoarytaenoīdibus
vocative cricoarytaenoīdes1
cricoarytaenoīdēs
cricoarytaenoīdēs cricoarytaenoīda
cricoarytaenoīdia2

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.