zygomaticus

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin zygomaticus, clipping of mūsculus zygomaticus (“zygomatic muscle”). Doublet of zygomatic.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌzaɪ.ɡəˈmæt.ək.əs/

Noun

zygomaticus (plural zygomatici)

1. (anatomy) One of several small subcutaneous facial muscles arising from or in relation with the zygomatic bone.

   Meronyms: zygomaticus major, zygomaticus minor

Translations

muscle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 顴肌 / 颧肌 (zh) (quánjī)

• Finnish: poskipäälihas
• Italian: zigomatico (it)
• Portuguese: zigomático

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζῠ́γωμᾰ (zúgōma, “that which connects the cranial with the facial bones”) +‎ -icus (“-ic”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /zy.ɡoˈma.ti.kus/, [d̪͡z̪ʏɡɔˈmät̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡zi.ɡoˈma.ti.kus/, [d̪͡z̪iɡoˈmäːt̪ikus]

Adjective

zygōmaticus (feminine zygōmatica, neuter zygōmaticum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)

1. (anatomy, relational) zygomatic

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	zygōmaticus	zygōmatica	zygōmaticum		zygōmaticī	zygōmaticae	zygōmatica
genitive	zygōmaticī	zygōmaticae	zygōmaticī		zygōmaticōrum	zygōmaticārum	zygōmaticōrum
dative	zygōmaticō	zygōmaticae	zygōmaticō		zygōmaticīs
accusative	zygōmaticum	zygōmaticam	zygōmaticum		zygōmaticōs	zygōmaticās	zygōmatica
ablative	zygōmaticō	zygōmaticā	zygōmaticō		zygōmaticīs
vocative	zygōmatice	zygōmatica	zygōmaticum		zygōmaticī	zygōmaticae	zygōmatica

Descendants

• → English: zygomaticus