sternohyoides
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From sternum (“the breastbone”) + -o- + hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”). Doublet of sternohȳoīdeus.
Pronunciation edit
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ster.no.i.oˈi.des/, [st̪ernoioˈiːd̪es]
Adjective edit
sternohȳoīdēs (neuter sternohȳoīdes or sternohȳoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)
- (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone.
Inflection edit
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sternohȳoīdēs | sternohȳoīdes1 sternohȳoīdēs |
sternohȳoīdēs | sternohȳoīdia | |
| Genitive | sternohȳoīdis | sternohȳoīdium | |||
| Dative | sternohȳoīdī | sternohȳoīdibus | |||
| Accusative | sternohȳoīdem | sternohȳoīdes1 sternohȳoīdēs |
sternohȳoīdēs | sternohȳoīdia | |
| Ablative | sternohȳoīdī | sternohȳoīdibus | |||
| Vocative | sternohȳoīdes1 sternohȳoīdēs |
sternohȳoīdēs | sternohȳoīdia | ||
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
Descendants edit
- → English: sternohyoid