thyreoides

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thureoeidḗs, “shield-shaped”), from θῠρεός (thureós, “oblong shield”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-oid, -like”). Doublet of thyreoīdeus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

thyreoīdēs (neuter thyreoīdes or thyreoīdēs); third-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type) (New Latin)

  1. Shaped like a shield; thyroid.

Inflection

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

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative thyreoīdēs thyreoīdes1
thyreoīdēs		 thyreoīdēs thyreoīdia
Genitive thyreoīdis thyreoīdium
Dative thyreoīdī thyreoīdibus
Accusative thyreoīdem thyreoīdes1
thyreoīdēs		 thyreoīdēs thyreoīdia
Ablative thyreoīdī thyreoīdibus
Vocative thyreoīdes1
thyreoīdēs		 thyreoīdēs thyreoīdia

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

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