sternocleidomastoides
Latin
Etymology
From sternum (“the breastbone”) + Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “the collarbone”) + mastoīdēs (“like a breast”). Doublet of sternocleidomastoīdeus.
Pronunciation
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ster.no.kle.i.do.mas.toˈi.des/, [st̪ɛr.nɔ.klɛ.i.d̪ɔ.mas.t̪ɔˈiː.d̪ɛs]
Adjective
sternocleidomastoīdēs (neuter sternocleidomastoīdes or sternocleidomastoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)
- (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the breastbone, collarbone and the mastoid process of the temporal bone; sternocleidomastoid.
Inflection
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sternocleidomastoīdēs | sternocleidomastoīdes1 sternocleidomastoīdēs | sternocleidomastoīdēs | sternocleidomastoīdia | |
| Genitive | sternocleidomastoīdis | sternocleidomastoīdium | |||
| Dative | sternocleidomastoīdī | sternocleidomastoīdibus | |||
| Accusative | sternocleidomastoīdem | sternocleidomastoīdes1 sternocleidomastoīdēs | sternocleidomastoīdēs | sternocleidomastoīdia | |
| Ablative | sternocleidomastoīdī | sternocleidomastoīdibus | |||
| Vocative | sternocleidomastoīdes1 sternocleidomastoīdēs | sternocleidomastoīdēs | sternocleidomastoīdia | ||
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
Descendants
- → English: sternocleidomastoid