omohyoides

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”) +‎ hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”). Doublet of ōmohȳoīdeus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oː.mo.hyː.oˈiː.deːs/, [oːmo(ɦ)yːoˈiːd̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /o.mo.i.oˈi.des/, [omoioˈiːd̪es]

Adjective

ōmohȳoīdēs (neuter ōmohȳoīdes or ōmohȳoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the shoulder and the hyoid bone; omohyoid.

Inflection

Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	ōmohȳoīdēs	ōmohȳoīdes1 ōmohȳoīdēs		ōmohȳoīdēs	ōmohȳoīdia
Genitive	ōmohȳoīdis			ōmohȳoīdium
Dative	ōmohȳoīdī			ōmohȳoīdibus
Accusative	ōmohȳoīdem	ōmohȳoīdes1 ōmohȳoīdēs		ōmohȳoīdēs	ōmohȳoīdia
Ablative	ōmohȳoīde ōmohȳoīdī			ōmohȳoīdibus
Vocative	ōmohȳoīdes1 ōmohȳoīdēs			ōmohȳoīdēs	ōmohȳoīdia

¹It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.

Descendants

• → English: omohyoid