styloglossus
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from New Latin styloglōssus, clipping of mūsculus styloglōssus (“styloglossal muscle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌstaɪ.loʊˈɡlɑs.əs/, /ˌstaɪ.loʊˈɡlɔs.əs/
- Rhymes: -ɒsəs, -ɔːsəs
Noun
[edit]styloglossus (plural styloglossi)
- (anatomy) A small muscle that arises from the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts along the side and underpart of the tongue, and functions to draw up the sides of the tongue to create a trough for swallowing.
Translations
[edit]muscle
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References
[edit]- “styloglossus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From stylus (“a stake or pale”) + -o- + Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa, “the tongue”) + -us (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sty.loˈɡloːs.sus/, [s̠t̪ʏɫ̪ɔˈɡɫ̪oːs̠ːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sti.loˈɡlos.sus/, [st̪iloˈɡlɔsːus]
Adjective
[edit]styloglōssus (feminine styloglōssa, neuter styloglōssum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)
Inflection
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | styloglōssus | styloglōssa | styloglōssum | styloglōssī | styloglōssae | styloglōssa | |
genitive | styloglōssī | styloglōssae | styloglōssī | styloglōssōrum | styloglōssārum | styloglōssōrum | |
dative | styloglōssō | styloglōssae | styloglōssō | styloglōssīs | |||
accusative | styloglōssum | styloglōssam | styloglōssum | styloglōssōs | styloglōssās | styloglōssa | |
ablative | styloglōssō | styloglōssā | styloglōssō | styloglōssīs | |||
vocative | styloglōsse | styloglōssa | styloglōssum | styloglōssī | styloglōssae | styloglōssa |
Descendants
[edit]- → English: styloglossus
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- English terms borrowed from New Latin
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- Rhymes:English/ɒsəs
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- Rhymes:English/ɔːsəs
- Rhymes:English/ɔːsəs/4 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
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- en:Muscles
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