sternocleidomastoides
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From sternum (“the breastbone”) + Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “the collarbone”) + mastoīdēs (“like a breast”). Doublet of sternocleidomastoīdeus.
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ster.no.kle.i.do.mas.toˈi.des/, [st̪ernokleid̪omäst̪oˈiːd̪es]
Adjective edit
sternocleidomastoīdēs (neuter sternocleidomastoīdes or sternocleidomastoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)
- (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the breastbone, collarbone and the mastoid process of the temporal bone; sternocleidomastoid.
Inflection edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sternocleidomastoīdēs | sternocleidomastoīdes1 sternocleidomastoīdēs |
sternocleidomastoīdēs | sternocleidomastoīdia | |
| Genitive | sternocleidomastoīdis | sternocleidomastoīdium | |||
| Dative | sternocleidomastoīdī | sternocleidomastoīdibus | |||
| Accusative | sternocleidomastoīdem | sternocleidomastoīdes1 sternocleidomastoīdēs |
sternocleidomastoīdēs | sternocleidomastoīdia | |
| Ablative | sternocleidomastoīdī | sternocleidomastoīdibus | |||
| Vocative | sternocleidomastoīdes1 sternocleidomastoīdēs |
sternocleidomastoīdēs | sternocleidomastoīdia | ||
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
Descendants edit
- → English: sternocleidomastoid