μαστοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μᾰστός (măstós, “a woman's breast”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mas.to.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mas.to.iˈde̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mas.to.iˈðis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mas.to.iˈðis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mas.to.iˈðis/

Adjective

μᾰστοειδής • (măstoeidḗs) m or f (neuter μᾰστοειδές); third declension

Like a breast.

Inflection

Third declension of μᾰστοειδής; μᾰστοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	μᾰστοειδής măstoeidḗs	μᾰστοειδές măstoeidés	μᾰστοειδεῖ măstoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖ măstoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖς măstoeideîs	μᾰστοειδῆ măstoeidê
Genitive	μᾰστοειδοῦς măstoeidoûs	μᾰστοειδοῦς măstoeidoûs	μᾰστοειδοῖν măstoeidoîn	μᾰστοειδοῖν măstoeidoîn	μᾰστοειδῶν măstoeidôn	μᾰστοειδῶν măstoeidôn
Dative	μᾰστοειδεῖ măstoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖ măstoeideî	μᾰστοειδοῖν măstoeidoîn	μᾰστοειδοῖν măstoeidoîn	μᾰστοειδέσῐ / μᾰστοειδέσῐν măstoeidésĭ(n)	μᾰστοειδέσῐ / μᾰστοειδέσῐν măstoeidésĭ(n)
Accusative	μᾰστοειδῆ măstoeidê	μᾰστοειδές măstoeidés	μᾰστοειδεῖ măstoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖ măstoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖς măstoeideîs	μᾰστοειδῆ măstoeidê
Vocative	μᾰστοειδές măstoeidés	μᾰστοειδές măstoeidés	μᾰστοειδεῖ măstoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖ măstoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖς măstoeideîs	μᾰστοειδῆ măstoeidê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	μᾰστοειδῶς măstoeidôs		μᾰστοειδέστερος măstoeidésteros		μᾰστοειδέστᾰτος măstoeidéstătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ New Latin: mastoīdēs
- → English: mastoid
- → Spanish: mastoides

References

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