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.oˈi.des/, [st̪iloioˈiːd̪es]

Adjective

stylohȳoīdēs (neuter stylohȳoīdes or stylohȳoīdēs); 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).

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	stylohȳoīdēs	stylohȳoīdes1 stylohȳoīdēs		stylohȳoīdēs	stylohȳoīdia
Genitive	stylohȳoīdis			stylohȳoīdium
Dative	stylohȳoīdī			stylohȳoīdibus
Accusative	stylohȳoīdem	stylohȳoīdes1 stylohȳoīdēs		stylohȳoīdēs	stylohȳoīdia
Ablative	stylohȳoīdī			stylohȳoīdibus
Vocative	stylohȳoīdes1 stylohȳoīdēs			stylohȳoīdēs	stylohȳoīdia

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

Descendants

• → English: stylohyoid