maxillaris
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From māxilla (“the jawbone, jaw”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /maːk.silˈlaː.ris/, [mäːks̠ɪlˈlʲäːrɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mak.silˈla.ris/, [mäksilˈläːris]
Adjective edit
māxillāris (neuter māxillāre); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (anatomy, relational) of or pertaining to the jaw; maxillary
Inflection edit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | māxillāris | māxillāre | māxillārēs | māxillāria | |
| Genitive | māxillāris | māxillārium | |||
| Dative | māxillārī | māxillāribus | |||
| Accusative | māxillārem | māxillāre | māxillārēs māxillārīs |
māxillāria | |
| Ablative | māxillārī | māxillāribus | |||
| Vocative | māxillāris | māxillāre | māxillārēs | māxillāria | |
Descendants edit
Descendants of māxillāris in other languages
- → English: maxillary, maxillar
- → French: maxillaire
- Italian: mascellare
References edit
- “maxillaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- maxillaris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.