sesamoideus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σησᾰμοειδής (sēsamoeidḗs, “sesame-shaped”), with alteration of the ending to -eus or -ēus. Compare sēsamoīdēs.

Pronunciation

• sēsamoīdē̆us: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seː.sa.mo.iːˈdeː.us/, [s̠eːs̠ämoiːˈd̪eːʊs̠] or IPA^(key): /seː.sa.moˈiː.de.us/, [s̠eːs̠ämoˈiːd̪eʊs̠]
• sēsamoīdē̆us: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.sa.mo.iˈde.us/, [ses̬ämoiˈd̪ɛːus] or IPA^(key): /se.sa.moˈi.de.us/, [ses̬ämoˈiːd̪eus]

Adjective

sēsamoīdē̆us (feminine sēsamoīdē̆a, neuter sēsamoīdē̆um); first/second-declension adjective

1. (anatomy) sesamoid

   Synonyms: sēsamoīdēs, sēsaminus

   os sēsamoīdē̆um

   a sesamoid bone

   • 1715, C. J. Trew, De chylosi Foetus in utero, quoted in On the Sesamoids of the Knee-Joint:

     os sesamoideum insidens cavitate condyli exterioris in omnibus femoribus conspicuae

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sēsamoīdē̆us	sēsamoīdē̆a	sēsamoīdē̆um		sēsamoīdē̆ī	sēsamoīdē̆ae	sēsamoīdē̆a
genitive	sēsamoīdē̆ī	sēsamoīdē̆ae	sēsamoīdē̆ī		sēsamoīdē̆ōrum	sēsamoīdē̆ārum	sēsamoīdē̆ōrum
dative	sēsamoīdē̆ō	sēsamoīdē̆ae	sēsamoīdē̆ō		sēsamoīdē̆īs
accusative	sēsamoīdē̆um	sēsamoīdē̆am	sēsamoīdē̆um		sēsamoīdē̆ōs	sēsamoīdē̆ās	sēsamoīdē̆a
ablative	sēsamoīdē̆ō	sēsamoīdē̆ā	sēsamoīdē̆ō		sēsamoīdē̆īs
vocative	sēsamoīdē̆e	sēsamoīdē̆a	sēsamoīdē̆um		sēsamoīdē̆ī	sēsamoīdē̆ae	sēsamoīdē̆a

Descendants

• → Italian: sesamoideo (learned)
• → Spanish: sesamoideo (learned)