ὑοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὗ (hû, “Greek letter upsilon”) +‎ -ο- (-o-) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hyː.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/ → /y.o.iˈðis/ → /i.o.iˈðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hyː.o.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)y.o.iˈde̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.o.iˈðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.o.iˈðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.o.iˈðis/

Adjective

ῡ̔οειδής • (hūoeidḗs) m or f (neuter ῡ̔οειδές); third declension

1. shaped like the letter υ (upsilon)

   ὀστοῦν ῡ̔οειδές ― ostoûn hūoeidés ― hyoid bone, at the base of the tongue

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Inflection

Third declension of ῡ̔οειδής; ῡ̔οειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῡ̔οειδής hūoeidḗs	ῡ̔οειδές hūoeidés		ῡ̔οειδεῖ hūoeideî	ῡ̔οειδεῖ hūoeideî		ῡ̔οειδεῖς hūoeideîs	ῡ̔οειδῆ hūoeidê
Genitive		ῡ̔οειδοῦς hūoeidoûs	ῡ̔οειδοῦς hūoeidoûs		ῡ̔οειδοῖν hūoeidoîn	ῡ̔οειδοῖν hūoeidoîn		ῡ̔οειδῶν hūoeidôn	ῡ̔οειδῶν hūoeidôn
Dative		ῡ̔οειδεῖ hūoeideî	ῡ̔οειδεῖ hūoeideî		ῡ̔οειδοῖν hūoeidoîn	ῡ̔οειδοῖν hūoeidoîn		ῡ̔οειδέσῐ / ῡ̔οειδέσῐν hūoeidésĭ(n)	ῡ̔οειδέσῐ / ῡ̔οειδέσῐν hūoeidésĭ(n)
Accusative		ῡ̔οειδῆ hūoeidê	ῡ̔οειδές hūoeidés		ῡ̔οειδεῖ hūoeideî	ῡ̔οειδεῖ hūoeideî		ῡ̔οειδεῖς hūoeideîs	ῡ̔οειδῆ hūoeidê
Vocative		ῡ̔οειδές hūoeidés	ῡ̔οειδές hūoeidés		ῡ̔οειδεῖ hūoeideî	ῡ̔οειδεῖ hūoeideî		ῡ̔οειδεῖς hūoeideîs	ῡ̔οειδῆ hūoeidê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ῡ̔οειδῶς hūoeidôs			ῡ̔οειδέστερος hūoeidésteros			ῡ̔οειδέστᾰτος hūoeidéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: υοειδής (yoeidís)
• → New Latin: hȳoīdēs
  • → French: hyoïde
    • → English: hyoid
• ⇒ New Latin: hȳoīdeus
  • ⇒ English: hyoideal, hyoidean

References

• “ὑοειδής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press