carotis

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek κᾰρωτῐ́δες (kărōtĭ́des, “carotid arteries”), from κᾰρόω (kăróō, “to plunge into deep sleep or torpor”) +‎ -τῐ́δες (-tĭ́des, plural nominal suffix), from the fact that the carotid artery supplies blood to the brain, and interruption of this flow causes loss of consciousness. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈroː.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈrɔː.tis] ==== Noun ==== carōtis f (genitive carōtidis); third declension (New Latin) (anatomy) the carotid artery artēria carōtis commūnis ― common carotid artery ===== Inflection ===== Third-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== → English: carotid === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== carōtīs dative/ablative plural of carōta