stylohyoides

Latin

Etymology

From stylus (a stake or pale) +‎ -o- +‎ hȳoīdēs (U-shaped). Doublet of stylohȳoīdeus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

stylohȳoīdēs (neuter stylohȳoīdes); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

  1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the styloid process of the temporal bone and to the hyoid bone; stylohyoid.

Inflection

Third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type).

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative stylohȳoīdēs stylohȳoīdes stylohȳoīdēs stylohȳoīda
stylohȳoīdia1
genitive stylohȳoīdis stylohȳoīdum
stylohȳoīdium1
dative stylohȳoīdī stylohȳoīdibus
accusative stylohȳoīdem stylohȳoīdes stylohȳoīdīs
stylohȳoīdēs
stylohȳoīda
stylohȳoīdia1
ablative stylohȳoīde
stylohȳoīdī1
stylohȳoīdibus
vocative stylohȳoīdēs stylohȳoīdes stylohȳoīdēs stylohȳoīda
stylohȳoīdia1

1It is unknown whether adjectives of this type would use i-stem or consonant-stem endings in Classical Latin: the relevant forms are not attested. Depending on the word, either ending or both may be attested in New Latin.

Descendants

  • English: stylohyoid