μαστοειδής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μᾰστός (mastós, “a woman's breast”) +‎ -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like, -oid”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mas.to.eː.dɛ̌ːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mas.to.iˈde̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mas.to.iˈðis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mas.to.iˈðis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mas.to.iˈðis/

Adjective

μᾰστοειδής • (mastoeidḗs) m or f (neuter μᾰστοειδές); third declension

Like a breast.

Inflection

Third declension of μᾰστοειδής; μᾰστοειδές (contracted, Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	μᾰστοειδής mastoeidḗs	μᾰστοειδές mastoeidés	μᾰστοειδεῖ mastoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖ mastoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖς mastoeideîs	μᾰστοειδῆ mastoeidê
Genitive	μᾰστοειδοῦς mastoeidoûs	μᾰστοειδοῦς mastoeidoûs	μᾰστοειδοῖν mastoeidoîn	μᾰστοειδοῖν mastoeidoîn	μᾰστοειδῶν mastoeidôn	μᾰστοειδῶν mastoeidôn
Dative	μᾰστοειδεῖ mastoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖ mastoeideî	μᾰστοειδοῖν mastoeidoîn	μᾰστοειδοῖν mastoeidoîn	μᾰστοειδέσῐ / μᾰστοειδέσῐν mastoeidési(n)	μᾰστοειδέσῐ / μᾰστοειδέσῐν mastoeidési(n)
Accusative	μᾰστοειδῆ mastoeidê	μᾰστοειδές mastoeidés	μᾰστοειδεῖ mastoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖ mastoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖς mastoeideîs	μᾰστοειδῆ mastoeidê
Vocative	μᾰστοειδές mastoeidés	μᾰστοειδές mastoeidés	μᾰστοειδεῖ mastoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖ mastoeideî	μᾰστοειδεῖς mastoeideîs	μᾰστοειδῆ mastoeidê
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	μᾰστοειδῶς mastoeidôs		μᾰστοειδέστερος mastoeidésteros		μᾰστοειδέστᾰτος mastoeidéstatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ New Latin: mastoīdēs
- → English: mastoid
- → Spanish: mastoides

References

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

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