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adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective (Greek-type)

deltoīdēs

deltoīdēs (neuter deltoīdes)

Meaning

  1. Greek typeNew Latinone terminationdeltoid, triangular
    Humerus movetur sursum à Musculo Deltoide, amplo valde et carnoso, qui latè exoritur à claviculâ mediâ, acromio, totaque scapulae spinâ, et hinc, collecto tendine robusto, in medio humeri terminatur.1676, Gerard Blasius, Zootomia seu anatome variorum animalium, volume 1, Amsterdam: Abraham Wolfgang, page 17:

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedeltoīdēsdeltoīdēsdeltoīdes
genitivedeltoīdisdeltoīdisdeltoīdis
dativedeltoīdīdeltoīdīdeltoīdī
accusativedeltoīdemdeltoīdemdeltoīdes
ablativedeltoīde
deltoīdī
deltoīde
deltoīdī
deltoīde
deltoīdī
vocativedeltoīdēsdeltoīdēsdeltoīdes
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativedeltoīdēsdeltoīdēsdeltoīda
deltoīdia
genitivedeltoīdum
deltoīdium
deltoīdum
deltoīdium
deltoīdum
deltoīdium
dativedeltoīdibusdeltoīdibusdeltoīdibus
accusativedeltoīdīs
deltoīdēs
deltoīdīs
deltoīdēs
deltoīda
deltoīdia
ablativedeltoīdibusdeltoīdibusdeltoīdibus
vocativedeltoīdēsdeltoīdēsdeltoīda
deltoīdia

Origins

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēs Latin deltoīdēs From delta + -oīdēs.

Descendants
  • TranslingualPopulus deltoides
  • TranslingualPlebidonax deltoides
  • TranslingualFicus deltoides
  • TranslingualDianthus deltoides

Quick answers

What does deltoīdēs mean in Latin?
deltoīdēs, a adjective, means “deltoid, triangular”.