sternohyoides

Latin

Etymology

From sternum (“the breastbone”) +‎ -o- +‎ hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”). Doublet of sternohȳoīdeus.

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ster.no.i.oˈi.des/, [st̪ernoioˈiːd̪es]

Adjective

sternohȳoīdēs (neuter sternohȳoīdes or sternohȳoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone.

Inflection

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

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	sternohȳoīdēs	sternohȳoīdes1 sternohȳoīdēs		sternohȳoīdēs	sternohȳoīdia
Genitive	sternohȳoīdis			sternohȳoīdium
Dative	sternohȳoīdī			sternohȳoīdibus
Accusative	sternohȳoīdem	sternohȳoīdes1 sternohȳoīdēs		sternohȳoīdēs	sternohȳoīdia
Ablative	sternohȳoīdī			sternohȳoīdibus
Vocative	sternohȳoīdes1 sternohȳoīdēs			sternohȳoīdēs	sternohȳoīdia

¹It is unknown if Classical Latin preserved (or would have preserved) the shortness of the original Greek short ending.

Descendants

• → English: sternohyoid