choroides
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek χοροειδής (khoroeidḗs, alteration of χοριοειδής (khorioeidḗs, “like the afterbirth”)), from χόριον (khórion, “membrane that encloses the fetus in the womb, afterbirth”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like”).
Pronunciation edit
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.roˈi.des/, [koroˈiːd̪es]
Adjective edit
choroīdēs (neuter choroīdes or choroīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)
- (New Latin) Like the afterbirth.
Inflection edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | choroīdēs | choroīdes1 choroīdēs |
choroīdēs | choroīdia | |
| Genitive | choroīdis | choroīdium | |||
| Dative | choroīdī | choroīdibus | |||
| Accusative | choroīdem | choroīdes1 choroīdēs |
choroīdēs | choroīdia | |
| Ablative | choroīdī | choroīdibus | |||
| Vocative | choroīdes1 choroīdēs |
choroīdēs | choroīdia | ||
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
Descendants edit
- → English: choroid