styloglossus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin styloglōssus, clipping of mūsculus styloglōssus (“styloglossal muscle”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌstaɪ.loʊˈɡlɑs.əs/, /ˌstaɪ.loʊˈɡlɔs.əs/
• Rhymes: -ɒsəs, -ɔːsəs

Noun

styloglossus (plural styloglossi)

1. (anatomy) A small muscle that arises from the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts along the side and underpart of the tongue, and functions to draw up the sides of the tongue to create a trough for swallowing.

Translations

muscle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 莖突舌肌／茎突舌肌 (jīngtúshéjī)

• French: muscle stylo-glosse (fr) m
• Italian: muscolo stiloglosso m
• Spanish: estilogloso m

References

• “styloglossus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Latin

Etymology

From stylus (“a stake or pale”) +‎ -o- +‎ Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa, “the tongue”) +‎ -us (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sty.loˈɡloːs.sus/, [s̠t̪ʏɫ̪ɔˈɡɫ̪oːs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sti.loˈɡlos.sus/, [st̪iloˈɡlɔsːus]

Adjective

styloglōssus (feminine styloglōssa, neuter styloglōssum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)

1. (anatomy, relational) styloglossal

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	styloglōssus	styloglōssa	styloglōssum		styloglōssī	styloglōssae	styloglōssa
Genitive	styloglōssī	styloglōssae	styloglōssī		styloglōssōrum	styloglōssārum	styloglōssōrum
Dative	styloglōssō		styloglōssō		styloglōssīs
Accusative	styloglōssum	styloglōssam	styloglōssum		styloglōssōs	styloglōssās	styloglōssa
Ablative	styloglōssō	styloglōssā	styloglōssō		styloglōssīs
Vocative	styloglōsse	styloglōssa	styloglōssum		styloglōssī	styloglōssae	styloglōssa

Descendants

• → English: styloglossus