omohyoides

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”) +‎ hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”). Doublet of ōmohȳoīdeus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oː.mo.hyː.oˈiː.deːs/, [oːmo(ɦ)yːoˈiːd̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.mo.i.oˈi.des/, [omoioˈiːd̪es]

Adjective

ōmohȳoīdēs (neuter ōmohȳoīdes or ōmohȳoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone; omohyoid.

Inflection

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

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	ōmohȳoīdēs	ōmohȳoīdes1 ōmohȳoīdēs		ōmohȳoīdēs	ōmohȳoīda ōmohȳoīdia2
genitive	ōmohȳoīdis			ōmohȳoīdum ōmohȳoīdium2
dative	ōmohȳoīdī			ōmohȳoīdibus
accusative	ōmohȳoīdem	ōmohȳoīdes1 ōmohȳoīdēs		ōmohȳoīdēs	ōmohȳoīda ōmohȳoīdia2
ablative	ōmohȳoīde ōmohȳoīdī2			ōmohȳoīdibus
vocative	ōmohȳoīdes1 ōmohȳoīdēs			ōmohȳoīdēs	ōmohȳoīda ōmohȳoīdia2

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: omohyoid