sternothyreoides

Latin

Etymology

From sternum (“the breastbone”) +‎ -o- +‎ thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”). Doublet of sternothyroīdeus.

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ster.no.ti.re.oˈi.des/, [st̪ernot̪ireoˈiːd̪es]

Adjective

sternothyreoīdēs (neuter sternothyreoīdes or sternothyreoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to sternum and the thyroid cartilage; sternothyroid.

Inflection

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

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	sternothyreoīdēs	sternothyreoīdes1 sternothyreoīdēs		sternothyreoīdēs	sternothyreoīdia
Genitive	sternothyreoīdis			sternothyreoīdium
Dative	sternothyreoīdī			sternothyreoīdibus
Accusative	sternothyreoīdem	sternothyreoīdes1 sternothyreoīdēs		sternothyreoīdēs	sternothyreoīdia
Ablative	sternothyreoīdī			sternothyreoīdibus
Vocative	sternothyreoīdes1 sternothyreoīdēs			sternothyreoīdēs	sternothyreoīdia

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

Descendants

• → English: sternothyroid