hyoideus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs, “shaped like the letter "υ"”) +‎ -eus (adjectival suffix), from ὖ (û, “Greek letter upsilon”) +‎ -ο- (-o-, “-like, -oid”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs). Doublet of hȳoīdēs.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hyː.oˈiː.de.ʊs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.oˈiː.d̪e.us]

Adjective

hȳoīdeus (feminine hȳoīdea, neuter hȳoīdeum); first/second-declension adjective

(anatomy, relational) hyoid

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	hȳoīdeus	hȳoīdea	hȳoīdeum	hȳoīdeī	hȳoīdeae	hȳoīdea
genitive	hȳoīdeī	hȳoīdeae	hȳoīdeī	hȳoīdeōrum	hȳoīdeārum	hȳoīdeōrum
dative	hȳoīdeō	hȳoīdeae	hȳoīdeō	hȳoīdeīs
accusative	hȳoīdeum	hȳoīdeam	hȳoīdeum	hȳoīdeōs	hȳoīdeās	hȳoīdea
ablative	hȳoīdeō	hȳoīdeā	hȳoīdeō	hȳoīdeīs
vocative	hȳoīdee	hȳoīdea	hȳoīdeum	hȳoīdeī	hȳoīdeae	hȳoīdea

Derived terms

Descendants

⇒ English: hyoideal, hyoidean