meningeus
Latin
Etymology
From mēninga (“membrane covering the brain”) + -eus (adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /meːˈnin.ɡe.us/, [meːˈnɪŋɡeʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /meˈnin.d͡ʒe.us/, [mɛˈnin̠ʲd͡ʒɛus]
Adjective
mēningeus (feminine mēningea, neuter mēningeum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)
- (anatomy, relational) meningeal
Inflection
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | mēningeus | mēningea | mēningeum | mēningeī | mēningeae | mēningea | |
| Genitive | mēningeī | mēningeae | mēningeī | mēningeōrum | mēningeārum | mēningeōrum | |
| Dative | mēningeō | mēningeō | mēningeīs | ||||
| Accusative | mēningeum | mēningeam | mēningeum | mēningeōs | mēningeās | mēningea | |
| Ablative | mēningeō | mēningeā | mēningeō | mēningeīs | |||
| Vocative | mēningee | mēningea | mēningeum | mēningeī | mēningeae | mēningea | |
Descendants
- ⇒ English: meningeal