thyreoides

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thureoeidḗs, shield-shaped), from θῠρεός (thureós, oblong shield) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, -oid, -like). Doublet of thyreoīdeus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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thyreoīdēs (neuter thyreoīdes or thyreoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

  1. Shaped like a shield; thyroid.

Inflection

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

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative thyreoīdēs thyreoīdes1
thyreoīdēs
thyreoīdēs thyreoīdia
Genitive thyreoīdis thyreoīdum
thyreoīdium
Dative thyreoīdī thyreoīdibus
Accusative thyreoīdem thyreoīdes1
thyreoīdēs
thyreoīdēs thyreoīdia
Ablative thyreoīde
thyreoīdī
thyreoīdibus
Vocative thyreoīdes1
thyreoīdēs
thyreoīdēs thyreoīdia

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