sternothyreoides
Latin
Etymology
From sternum (“the breastbone”) + -o- + thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”). Doublet of sternothyroīdeus.
Pronunciation
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ster.no.ti.re.oˈi.des/, [st̪ɛr.nɔ.t̪i.rɛ.ɔˈiː.d̪ɛs]
Adjective
sternothyreoīdēs (neuter sternothyreoīdes or sternothyreoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)
- (anatomy) Of or pertaining to sternum and the thyroid cartilage; sternothyroid.
Inflection
Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | sternothyreoīdēs | sternothyreoīdes1 sternothyreoīdēs | sternothyreoīdēs | sternothyreoīdia | |
| Genitive | sternothyreoīdis | sternothyreoīdium | |||
| Dative | sternothyreoīdī | sternothyreoīdibus | |||
| Accusative | sternothyreoīdem | sternothyreoīdes1 sternothyreoīdēs | sternothyreoīdēs | sternothyreoīdia | |
| Ablative | sternothyreoīdī | sternothyreoīdibus | |||
| Vocative | sternothyreoīdes1 sternothyreoīdēs | sternothyreoīdēs | sternothyreoīdia | ||
1It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.
Descendants
- → English: sternothyroid