stylohyoideus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin stylohȳoīdeus, clipping of mūsculus stylohȳoīdeus (“stylohyoid muscle”). Doublet of stylohyoid.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌstaɪ.loʊ.haɪˈɔɪ.di.əs/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪdiəs

Noun

stylohyoideus (plural stylohyoidei)

1. (anatomy) Alternative form of stylohyoid muscle.

Latin

Etymology

From stylus (“a stake or pale”) +‎ -o- +‎ hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”) +‎ -eus (adjectival suffix). Doublet of stylohȳoīdēs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sty.lo.yː.oˈiː.de.us/, [s̠t̪ʏɫ̪oyːoˈiːd̪eʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sti.lo.i.oˈi.de.us/, [st̪iloioˈiːd̪eus]

Adjective

stylohȳoīdeus (feminine stylohȳoīdea, neuter stylohȳoīdeum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) stylohyoid

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	stylohȳoīdeus	stylohȳoīdea	stylohȳoīdeum		stylohȳoīdeī	stylohȳoīdeae	stylohȳoīdea
genitive	stylohȳoīdeī	stylohȳoīdeae	stylohȳoīdeī		stylohȳoīdeōrum	stylohȳoīdeārum	stylohȳoīdeōrum
dative	stylohȳoīdeō	stylohȳoīdeae	stylohȳoīdeō		stylohȳoīdeīs
accusative	stylohȳoīdeum	stylohȳoīdeam	stylohȳoīdeum		stylohȳoīdeōs	stylohȳoīdeās	stylohȳoīdea
ablative	stylohȳoīdeō	stylohȳoīdeā	stylohȳoīdeō		stylohȳoīdeīs
vocative	stylohȳoīdee	stylohȳoīdea	stylohȳoīdeum		stylohȳoīdeī	stylohȳoīdeae	stylohȳoīdea

Descendants

• → English: stylohyoideus