Latin edit

Etymology edit

From stylus (a stake or pale) +‎ -o- +‎ hȳoīdēs (U-shaped). Doublet of stylohȳoīdeus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

stylohȳoīdēs (neuter stylohȳoīdes or stylohȳoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the styloid process of the temporal bone and to the hyoid bone; stylohyoid.

Inflection edit

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

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative stylohȳoīdēs stylohȳoīdes1
stylohȳoīdēs
stylohȳoīdēs stylohȳoīdia
Genitive stylohȳoīdis stylohȳoīdium
Dative stylohȳoīdī stylohȳoīdibus
Accusative stylohȳoīdem stylohȳoīdes1
stylohȳoīdēs
stylohȳoīdēs stylohȳoīdia
Ablative stylohȳoīdī stylohȳoīdibus
Vocative stylohȳoīdes1
stylohȳoīdēs
stylohȳoīdēs stylohȳoīdia

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

Descendants edit

  • English: stylohyoid