sternohyoides

Latin

Etymology

From sternum (“the breastbone”) +‎ -o- +‎ hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”). Doublet of sternohȳoīdeus.

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ster.no.i.oˈi.des/, [st̪ernoioˈiːd̪es]

Adjective

sternohȳoīdēs (neuter sternohȳoīdes or sternohȳoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone.

Inflection

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

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	sternohȳoīdēs	sternohȳoīdes1 sternohȳoīdēs		sternohȳoīdēs	sternohȳoīda sternohȳoīdia2
genitive	sternohȳoīdis			sternohȳoīdum sternohȳoīdium2
dative	sternohȳoīdī			sternohȳoīdibus
accusative	sternohȳoīdem	sternohȳoīdes1 sternohȳoīdēs		sternohȳoīdēs	sternohȳoīda sternohȳoīdia2
ablative	sternohȳoīde sternohȳoīdī2			sternohȳoīdibus
vocative	sternohȳoīdes1 sternohȳoīdēs			sternohȳoīdēs	sternohȳoīda sternohȳoīdia2

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: sternohyoid