pterygopalatinus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From pterygoīdēs (“winglike”) + palātīnus (“relating to the palate”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pte.ry.ɡo.pa.laːˈtiː.nus/, [pt̪ɛrʏɡɔpäɫ̪äːˈt̪iːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pte.ri.ɡo.pa.laˈti.nus/, [pt̪eriɡopäläˈt̪iːnus]
Adjective edit
pterygopalātīnus (feminine pterygopalātīna, neuter pterygopalātīnum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)
- (anatomy, relational) pterygopalatine (relating to the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and the palatine bone)
Inflection edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | pterygopalātīnus | pterygopalātīna | pterygopalātīnum | pterygopalātīnī | pterygopalātīnae | pterygopalātīna | |
| Genitive | pterygopalātīnī | pterygopalātīnae | pterygopalātīnī | pterygopalātīnōrum | pterygopalātīnārum | pterygopalātīnōrum | |
| Dative | pterygopalātīnō | pterygopalātīnō | pterygopalātīnīs | ||||
| Accusative | pterygopalātīnum | pterygopalātīnam | pterygopalātīnum | pterygopalātīnōs | pterygopalātīnās | pterygopalātīna | |
| Ablative | pterygopalātīnō | pterygopalātīnā | pterygopalātīnō | pterygopalātīnīs | |||
| Vocative | pterygopalātīne | pterygopalātīna | pterygopalātīnum | pterygopalātīnī | pterygopalātīnae | pterygopalātīna | |
Descendants edit
- → French: ptérygo-palatin
- → English: pterygopalatine