carotides

French

Noun

carotides f

plural of carotide

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτῐ́δες (karōtídes, “carotid arteries”), from κᾰρόω (karóō, “to plunge into deep sleep or torpor”) +‎ -τῐ́δες (-tídes, plural nominal suffix), from the fact that the carotid artery supplies blood to the brain, and interruption of this flow causes loss of consciousness.

Pronunciation

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈro.ti.des/, [käˈrɔːt̪id̪es]

Noun

carōtides f pl (genitive carōtidum); third declension (New Latin)

(anatomy) the carotid arteries

Inflection

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	carōtides
Genitive	carōtidum
Dative	carōtidibus
Accusative	carōtidas
Ablative	carōtidibus
Vocative	carōtides

Descendants

→ English: carotid