μαστοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μᾰστός (măstós, “breast”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “<t:-like>”).

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

Declension

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