θυρεοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θυρεός (thureós, “oblong shield”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form”), from θύρα (thúra, “door”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰy.re.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/ → /θy.re.o.iˈðis/ → /θi.re.o.iˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰy.re.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰy.re.o.iˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θy.re.o.iˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θy.re.o.iˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi.re.o.iˈðis/

Adjective

θῠρεοειδής • (thureoeidḗs) m or f (neuter θῠρεοειδές); third declension

1. Shield-shaped.

   χόνδρος θυρεοειδής ― khóndros thureoeidḗs ― thyroid cartilage

Inflection

Third declension of θῠρεοειδής; θῠρεοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θῠρεοειδής thureoeidḗs	θῠρεοειδές thureoeidés		θῠρεοειδεῖ thureoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖ thureoeideî		θῠρεοειδεῖς thureoeideîs	θῠρεοειδῆ thureoeidê
Genitive		θῠρεοειδοῦς thureoeidoûs	θῠρεοειδοῦς thureoeidoûs		θῠρεοειδοῖν thureoeidoîn	θῠρεοειδοῖν thureoeidoîn		θῠρεοειδῶν thureoeidôn	θῠρεοειδῶν thureoeidôn
Dative		θῠρεοειδεῖ thureoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖ thureoeideî		θῠρεοειδοῖν thureoeidoîn	θῠρεοειδοῖν thureoeidoîn		θῠρεοειδέσῐ / θῠρεοειδέσῐν thureoeidési(n)	θῠρεοειδέσῐ / θῠρεοειδέσῐν thureoeidési(n)
Accusative		θῠρεοειδῆ thureoeidê	θῠρεοειδές thureoeidés		θῠρεοειδεῖ thureoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖ thureoeideî		θῠρεοειδεῖς thureoeideîs	θῠρεοειδῆ thureoeidê
Vocative		θῠρεοειδές thureoeidés	θῠρεοειδές thureoeidés		θῠρεοειδεῖ thureoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖ thureoeideî		θῠρεοειδεῖς thureoeideîs	θῠρεοειδῆ thureoeidê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		θῠρεοειδῶς thureoeidôs			θῠρεοειδέστερος thureoeidésteros			θῠρεοειδέστᾰτος thureoeidéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: θυρεοειδής (thyreoeidís) (learned)
• → New Latin: thyroideus (learned)
  • → French: thyroïde (learned)
  • → English: thyroid (learned)

See also

• θυροειδής (thuroeidḗs)

References

• “θυρεοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press