sternothyreoides

Latin

Etymology

From sternum (“the breastbone”) +‎ -o- +‎ thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”). Doublet of sternothyroīdeus.

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ster.no.ti.re.oˈi.des/, [st̪ernot̪ireoˈiːd̪es]

Adjective

sternothyreoīdēs (neuter sternothyreoīdes or sternothyreoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to sternum and the thyroid cartilage; sternothyroid.

Inflection

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

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	sternothyreoīdēs	sternothyreoīdes1 sternothyreoīdēs		sternothyreoīdēs	sternothyreoīda sternothyreoīdia2
genitive	sternothyreoīdis			sternothyreoīdum sternothyreoīdium2
dative	sternothyreoīdī			sternothyreoīdibus
accusative	sternothyreoīdem	sternothyreoīdes1 sternothyreoīdēs		sternothyreoīdēs	sternothyreoīda sternothyreoīdia2
ablative	sternothyreoīde sternothyreoīdī2			sternothyreoīdibus
vocative	sternothyreoīdes1 sternothyreoīdēs			sternothyreoīdēs	sternothyreoīda sternothyreoīdia2

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: sternothyroid