hypoglossus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin hypoglōssus, clipping of nervus hypoglōssus (“hypoglossal nerve”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌhaɪ.pəˈɡlɑs.əs/
- Rhymes: -ɒsəs
Related terms
- ansa hypoglossi
References
- “hypoglossus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῠ̔πόγλωσσος (hupóglōssos, “under the tongue”), from ῠ̔πο- (hupo-, “under, hypo-”) + γλῶσσᾰ (glôssa, “tongue”) + -ος (-os, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hy.poˈɡloːs.sus/, [hʏpɔˈɡɫ̪oːs̠ːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.poˈɡlos.sus/, [ipoˈɡlɔsːus]
Adjective
hypoglōssus (feminine hypoglōssa, neuter hypoglōssum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin)
Inflection
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | hypoglōssus | hypoglōssa | hypoglōssum | hypoglōssī | hypoglōssae | hypoglōssa | |
| Genitive | hypoglōssī | hypoglōssae | hypoglōssī | hypoglōssōrum | hypoglōssārum | hypoglōssōrum | |
| Dative | hypoglōssō | hypoglōssō | hypoglōssīs | ||||
| Accusative | hypoglōssum | hypoglōssam | hypoglōssum | hypoglōssōs | hypoglōssās | hypoglōssa | |
| Ablative | hypoglōssō | hypoglōssā | hypoglōssō | hypoglōssīs | |||
| Vocative | hypoglōsse | hypoglōssa | hypoglōssum | hypoglōssī | hypoglōssae | hypoglōssa | |
Descendants
- → English: hypoglossal, hypoglossus
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