thyreohyoides

Latin

Etymology

From thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”) +‎ hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”). Doublet of thyreohȳoīdeus.

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ti.re.o.i.oˈi.des/, [t̪ireoioˈiːd̪es]

Adjective

thyreohȳoīdēs (neuter thyreohȳoīdes or thyreohȳoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage and the hyoid bone; thyrohyoid.

Inflection

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

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	thyreohȳoīdēs	thyreohȳoīdes1 thyreohȳoīdēs		thyreohȳoīdēs	thyreohȳoīda thyreohȳoīdia2
genitive	thyreohȳoīdis			thyreohȳoīdum thyreohȳoīdium2
dative	thyreohȳoīdī			thyreohȳoīdibus
accusative	thyreohȳoīdem	thyreohȳoīdes1 thyreohȳoīdēs		thyreohȳoīdēs	thyreohȳoīda thyreohȳoīdia2
ablative	thyreohȳoīde thyreohȳoīdī2			thyreohȳoīdibus
vocative	thyreohȳoīdes1 thyreohȳoīdēs			thyreohȳoīdēs	thyreohȳoīda thyreohȳoīdia2

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: thyrohyoid