σκαληνός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to curve, bend”) or from *(s)kelH- (“to cut, carve, split”).
See also σκάζω (skázō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ska.lɛː.nós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ska.le̝ˈnos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ska.liˈnos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ska.liˈnos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ska.liˈnos/
Adjective
σκᾰληνός • (skalēnós) m (feminine σκᾰληνή, neuter σκᾰληνόν); first/second declension
- Uneven, unequal, rough, rugged, slanting.
- (mathematics, of numbers) Odd.
- 399 BCE, Plato, Euthyphro 12d
- Synonym: περῐσσός (perissós)
- Antonyms: ἄρτῐος (ártios), ἰσοσκελής (isoskelḗs)
- (geometry, of triangles) Having unequal sides, scalene.
- (geometry, of cones) Oblique.
Inflection
First and second declension of σκᾰληνός; σκᾰληνή; σκᾰληνόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | σκᾰληνός skalēnós | σκᾰληνή skalēnḗ | σκᾰληνόν skalēnón | σκᾰληνώ skalēnṓ | σκᾰληνᾱ́ skalēnā́ | σκᾰληνώ skalēnṓ | σκᾰληνοί skalēnoí | σκᾰληναί skalēnaí | σκᾰληνᾰ́ skalēná | |||||
Genitive | σκᾰληνοῦ skalēnoû | σκᾰληνῆς skalēnês | σκᾰληνοῦ skalēnoû | σκᾰληνοῖν skalēnoîn | σκᾰληναῖν skalēnaîn | σκᾰληνοῖν skalēnoîn | σκᾰληνῶν skalēnôn | σκᾰληνῶν skalēnôn | σκᾰληνῶν skalēnôn | |||||
Dative | σκᾰληνῷ skalēnôi | σκᾰληνῇ skalēnêi | σκᾰληνῷ skalēnôi | σκᾰληνοῖν skalēnoîn | σκᾰληναῖν skalēnaîn | σκᾰληνοῖν skalēnoîn | σκᾰληνοῖς skalēnoîs | σκᾰληναῖς skalēnaîs | σκᾰληνοῖς skalēnoîs | |||||
Accusative | σκᾰληνόν skalēnón | σκᾰληνήν skalēnḗn | σκᾰληνόν skalēnón | σκᾰληνώ skalēnṓ | σκᾰληνᾱ́ skalēnā́ | σκᾰληνώ skalēnṓ | σκᾰληνούς skalēnoús | σκᾰληνᾱ́ς skalēnā́s | σκᾰληνᾰ́ skalēná | |||||
Vocative | σκᾰληνέ skalēné | σκᾰληνή skalēnḗ | σκᾰληνόν skalēnón | σκᾰληνώ skalēnṓ | σκᾰληνᾱ́ skalēnā́ | σκᾰληνώ skalēnṓ | σκᾰληνοί skalēnoí | σκᾰληναί skalēnaí | σκᾰληνᾰ́ skalēná | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
σκᾰληνῶς skalēnôs | σκᾰληνότερος skalēnóteros | σκᾰληνότᾰτος skalēnótatos | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- σκᾰληνής (skalēnḗs)
Descendants
- → Greek: σκαληνός (skalinós)
- → Latin: scalēnus
- → English: scalene, scalenus
References
- “σκαληνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- scalene idem, page 736.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκαληνός (skalēnós).
Adjective
σκαληνός • (skalinós) m (feminine σκαληνή, neuter σκαληνό)
- (geometry) scalene, having unequal sides
- Synonym: ανισοσκελής (anisoskelís)
- Antonym: ισοσκελής (isoskelís)
Declension
Declension of σκαληνός
number case \\ gender | singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | σκαληνός • | σκαληνή • | σκαληνό • | σκαληνοί • | σκαληνές • | σκαληνά • |
genitive | σκαληνού • | σκαληνής • | σκαληνού • | σκαληνών • | σκαληνών • | σκαληνών • |
accusative | σκαληνό • | σκαληνή • | σκαληνό • | σκαληνούς • | σκαληνές • | σκαληνά • |
vocative | σκαληνέ • | σκαληνή • | σκαληνό • | σκαληνοί • | σκαληνές • | σκαληνά • |