cricoideus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κρῐκοειδής (krikoeidḗs, “ring-shaped, annular”) + -eus (adjectival suffix), from κρίκος (kríkos, “a ring”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”). Doublet of cricoīdēs.
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kri.koˈi.de.us/, [krikoˈiːd̪eus]
Adjective edit
cricoīdeus (feminine cricoīdea, neuter cricoīdeum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)
- Ring-shaped, cricoid.
- cartilāgō cricoīdea ― cricoid cartilage
Inflection edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cricoīdeus | cricoīdea | cricoīdeum | cricoīdeī | cricoīdeae | cricoīdea | |
| Genitive | cricoīdeī | cricoīdeae | cricoīdeī | cricoīdeōrum | cricoīdeārum | cricoīdeōrum | |
| Dative | cricoīdeō | cricoīdeō | cricoīdeīs | ||||
| Accusative | cricoīdeum | cricoīdeam | cricoīdeum | cricoīdeōs | cricoīdeās | cricoīdea | |
| Ablative | cricoīdeō | cricoīdeā | cricoīdeō | cricoīdeīs | |||
| Vocative | cricoīdee | cricoīdea | cricoīdeum | cricoīdeī | cricoīdeae | cricoīdea | |