stylohyoides
Latin
Etymology
From stylus (“a stake or pale”) + -o- + hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”). Doublet of stylohȳoīdeus.
Pronunciation
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [sti.lo.i.oˈiː.des]
Adjective
stylohȳoīdēs (neuter stylohȳoīdes); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)
- (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