peroneus

• peronaeus

Borrowed from Late Latin peroneus, clipping of mūsculus peroneus (“peroneal muscle”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛ.ɹə(ʊ)ˈniː.əs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛɹ.əˈni.əs/
• Rhymes: -iːəs

peroneus (plural peronei)

1. (anatomy) Any of several muscles of the lateral side of the leg, which arise from the fibula and act to move the foot.

   Synonym: fibularis

   Meronyms: peroneus brevis, peroneus longus, peroneus tertius

• “peroneus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “peroneus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

• esuprone, supereon

From Ancient Greek περόνη (perónē, “small bone of the leg, fibula”) +‎ -eus (adjectival suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɛˈrɔ.ne.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [peˈrɔː.ne.us]

peroneus (feminine peronea, neuter peroneum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

1. (anatomy, relational) fibular, peroneal

First/second-declension adjective.

• → English: peroneus