mylohyoides

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μύ̆λη (múlē, “a molar”) +‎ hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”). Doublet of mylohȳoīdeus.

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mi.lo.i.oˈi.des/, [miloioˈiːd̪es]

Adjective

mylohȳoīdēs (neuter mylohȳoīdes or mylohȳoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the molar tooth and the hyoid bone; mylohyoid.

Inflection

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

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	mylohȳoīdēs	mylohȳoīdes1 mylohȳoīdēs		mylohȳoīdēs	mylohȳoīda mylohȳoīdia2
genitive	mylohȳoīdis			mylohȳoīdum mylohȳoīdium2
dative	mylohȳoīdī			mylohȳoīdibus
accusative	mylohȳoīdem	mylohȳoīdes1 mylohȳoīdēs		mylohȳoīdēs	mylohȳoīda mylohȳoīdia2
ablative	mylohȳoīde mylohȳoīdī2			mylohȳoīdibus
vocative	mylohȳoīdes1 mylohȳoīdēs			mylohȳoīdēs	mylohȳoīda mylohȳoīdia2

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.

Descendants

• → English: mylohyoid