θυρεοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θυρεός (thureós, “oblong shield”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form”), from θύρα (thúra, “door”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰy.re.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰy.re.o.iˈde̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θy.re.o.iˈðis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θy.re.o.iˈðis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi.re.o.iˈðis/

Adjective

θῠρεοειδής • (thŭreoeidḗs) m or f (neuter θῠρεοειδές); third declension

Shield-shaped.
χόνδρος θυρεοειδής ― khóndros thureoeidḗs ― thyroid cartilage

Inflection

Third declension of θῠρεοειδής; θῠρεοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	θῠρεοειδής thŭreoeidḗs	θῠρεοειδές thŭreoeidés	θῠρεοειδεῖ thŭreoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖ thŭreoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖς thŭreoeideîs	θῠρεοειδῆ thŭreoeidê
Genitive	θῠρεοειδοῦς thŭreoeidoûs	θῠρεοειδοῦς thŭreoeidoûs	θῠρεοειδοῖν thŭreoeidoîn	θῠρεοειδοῖν thŭreoeidoîn	θῠρεοειδῶν thŭreoeidôn	θῠρεοειδῶν thŭreoeidôn
Dative	θῠρεοειδεῖ thŭreoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖ thŭreoeideî	θῠρεοειδοῖν thŭreoeidoîn	θῠρεοειδοῖν thŭreoeidoîn	θῠρεοειδέσῐ / θῠρεοειδέσῐν thŭreoeidésĭ(n)	θῠρεοειδέσῐ / θῠρεοειδέσῐν thŭreoeidésĭ(n)
Accusative	θῠρεοειδῆ thŭreoeidê	θῠρεοειδές thŭreoeidés	θῠρεοειδεῖ thŭreoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖ thŭreoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖς thŭreoeideîs	θῠρεοειδῆ thŭreoeidê
Vocative	θῠρεοειδές thŭreoeidés	θῠρεοειδές thŭreoeidés	θῠρεοειδεῖ thŭreoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖ thŭreoeideî	θῠρεοειδεῖς thŭreoeideîs	θῠρεοειδῆ thŭreoeidê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	θῠρεοειδῶς thŭreoeidôs		θῠρεοειδέστερος thŭreoeidésteros		θῠρεοειδέστᾰτος thŭreoeidéstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Greek: θυρεοειδής (thyreoeidís) (learned)
→ New Latin: thyroideus (learned)
- → French: thyroïde (learned)
- → English: thyroid (learned)

References

“θυρεοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press