thyreohyoides

Latin

Etymology

From thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”) +‎ hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”). Doublet of thyreohȳoīdeus.

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ti.re.o.i.oˈi.des/, [t̪ireoioˈiːd̪es]

Adjective

thyreohȳoīdēs (neuter thyreohȳoīdes or thyreohȳoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage and the hyoid bone; thyrohyoid.

Inflection

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

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	thyreohȳoīdēs	thyreohȳoīdes1 thyreohȳoīdēs		thyreohȳoīdēs	thyreohȳoīdia
Genitive	thyreohȳoīdis			thyreohȳoīdium
Dative	thyreohȳoīdī			thyreohȳoīdibus
Accusative	thyreohȳoīdem	thyreohȳoīdes1 thyreohȳoīdēs		thyreohȳoīdēs	thyreohȳoīdia
Ablative	thyreohȳoīdī			thyreohȳoīdibus
Vocative	thyreohȳoīdes1 thyreohȳoīdēs			thyreohȳoīdēs	thyreohȳoīdia

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

Descendants

• → English: thyrohyoid