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

sternocleidomastoīdēs

sternocleidomastoīdēs (neuter sternocleidomastoīdes)
Ecclesiastical[ster.no.kle.i.do.mas.toˈiː.des]

Meaning

  1. Greek typeNew Latinone terminationOf or pertaining to the breastbone, collarbone and the mastoid process of the temporal bone; sternocleidomastoid.

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesternocleidomastoīdēssternocleidomastoīdēssternocleidomastoīdes
genitivesternocleidomastoīdissternocleidomastoīdissternocleidomastoīdis
dativesternocleidomastoīdīsternocleidomastoīdīsternocleidomastoīdī
accusativesternocleidomastoīdemsternocleidomastoīdemsternocleidomastoīdes
ablativesternocleidomastoīde
sternocleidomastoīdī		sternocleidomastoīde
sternocleidomastoīdī		sternocleidomastoīde
sternocleidomastoīdī
vocativesternocleidomastoīdēssternocleidomastoīdēssternocleidomastoīdes
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesternocleidomastoīdēssternocleidomastoīdēssternocleidomastoīda
sternocleidomastoīdia
genitivesternocleidomastoīdum
sternocleidomastoīdium		sternocleidomastoīdum
sternocleidomastoīdium		sternocleidomastoīdum
sternocleidomastoīdium
dativesternocleidomastoīdibussternocleidomastoīdibussternocleidomastoīdibus
accusativesternocleidomastoīdīs
sternocleidomastoīdēs		sternocleidomastoīdīs
sternocleidomastoīdēs		sternocleidomastoīda
sternocleidomastoīdia
ablativesternocleidomastoīdibussternocleidomastoīdibussternocleidomastoīdibus
vocativesternocleidomastoīdēssternocleidomastoīdēssternocleidomastoīda
sternocleidomastoīdia

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sterh₃-
  3. Latinsternocleidomastoīdēs

Proto-Indo-European *stér(h₃)-no-mder. Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon)bor. Latin sternum Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís) Latin mastoīdēs Latin sternocleidomastoīdēs From sternum (“the breastbone”) + Ancient Greek κλείς (kleís, “the collarbone”) + Latin mastoīdēs (“like a breast”). Doublet of sternocleidomastoīdeus.

Descendants
  • Englishsternocleidomastoid

In English words that came into English from sternocleidomastoīdēs

  • sternocleidomastoidsternocleidomastoīdēs

Quick answers

What does sternocleidomastoīdēs mean in Latin?
sternocleidomastoīdēs, a adjective, means “Of or pertaining to the breastbone, collarbone and the mastoid process of the temporal bone; sternocleidomastoid.”.
Where does sternocleidomastoīdēs come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ster- → Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- → Latin sternocleidomastoīdēs.