hyoideus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs, “shaped like the letter "υ"”) +‎ -eus (adjectival suffix), from ὖ (û, “Greek letter upsilon”) +‎ -ο- (-o-, “-like, -oid”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs). Doublet of hȳoīdēs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hyː.oˈiː.de.us/, [hyːoˈiːd̪eʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.oˈi.de.us/, [ioˈiːd̪eus]

Adjective

hȳoīdeus (feminine hȳoīdea, neuter hȳoīdeum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (anatomy, relational) hyoid

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hȳoīdeus	hȳoīdea	hȳoīdeum		hȳoīdeī	hȳoīdeae	hȳoīdea
genitive	hȳoīdeī	hȳoīdeae	hȳoīdeī		hȳoīdeōrum	hȳoīdeārum	hȳoīdeōrum
dative	hȳoīdeō	hȳoīdeae	hȳoīdeō		hȳoīdeīs
accusative	hȳoīdeum	hȳoīdeam	hȳoīdeum		hȳoīdeōs	hȳoīdeās	hȳoīdea
ablative	hȳoīdeō	hȳoīdeā	hȳoīdeō		hȳoīdeīs
vocative	hȳoīdee	hȳoīdea	hȳoīdeum		hȳoīdeī	hȳoīdeae	hȳoīdea

Derived terms

• genīohȳoīdeus
• mylohȳoīdeus
• ōmohȳoīdeus
• sternohȳoīdeus
• stȳlohȳoīdeus

 

Descendants

• ⇒ English: hyoideal, hyoidean