choroides
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χοροειδής (khoroeidḗs, alteration of χοριοειδής (khorioeidḗs, “like the afterbirth”)), from χόριον (khórion, “membrane that encloses the fetus in the womb, afterbirth”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like”).
Pronunciation
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.roˈi.des/, [kɔ.rɔˈiː.d̪ɛs]
Adjective
choroīdēs (neuter choroīdes or choroīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)
- (New Latin) Like the afterbirth.
Inflection
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | choroīdēs | choroīdes1 choroīdēs | choroīdēs | choroīdia | |
Genitive | choroīdis | choroīdium | |||
Dative | choroīdī | choroīdibus | |||
Accusative | choroīdem | choroīdes1 choroīdēs | choroīdēs | choroīdia | |
Ablative | choroīdī | choroīdibus | |||
Vocative | choroīdes1 choroīdēs | choroīdēs | choroīdia |
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
Descendants
- → English: choroid