σκαληνός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to curve, bend”) or from *(s)kelH- (“to cut, carve, split”); see σκάλλω (skállō, “to stir up, hoe”), from which the term is probably derived, for more.[1]
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 • (skălēnós) m (feminine σκᾰληνή, neuter σκᾰληνόν); first/second declension
- uneven, unequal, rough, rugged, slanting
- (mathematics, of numbers) odd
- (geometry, of triangles) having unequal sides, scalene
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | σκᾰληνός skălēnós |
σκᾰληνή skălēnḗ |
σκᾰληνόν skălēnón |
σκᾰληνώ skălēnṓ |
σκᾰληνᾱ́ skălēnā́ |
σκᾰληνώ skălēnṓ |
σκᾰληνοί skălēnoí |
σκᾰληναί skălēnaí |
σκᾰληνᾰ́ skălēnắ | |||||
| Genitive | σκᾰληνοῦ skălēnoû |
σκᾰληνῆς skălēnês |
σκᾰληνοῦ skălēnoû |
σκᾰληνοῖν skălēnoîn |
σκᾰληναῖν skălēnaîn |
σκᾰληνοῖν skălēnoîn |
σκᾰληνῶν skălēnôn |
σκᾰληνῶν skălēnôn |
σκᾰληνῶν skălēnôn | |||||
| Dative | σκᾰληνῷ skălēnōî |
σκᾰληνῇ skălēnēî |
σκᾰληνῷ skălēnōî |
σκᾰληνοῖν skălēnoîn |
σκᾰληναῖν skălēnaîn |
σκᾰληνοῖν skălēnoîn |
σκᾰληνοῖς skălēnoîs |
σκᾰληναῖς skălēnaîs |
σκᾰληνοῖς skălēnoîs | |||||
| Accusative | σκᾰληνόν skălēnón |
σκᾰληνήν skălēnḗn |
σκᾰληνόν skălēnón |
σκᾰληνώ skălēnṓ |
σκᾰληνᾱ́ skălēnā́ |
σκᾰληνώ skălēnṓ |
σκᾰληνούς skălēnoús |
σκᾰληνᾱ́ς skălēnā́s |
σκᾰληνᾰ́ skălēnắ | |||||
| Vocative | σκᾰληνέ skălēné |
σκᾰληνή skălēnḗ |
σκᾰληνόν skălēnón |
σκᾰληνώ skălēnṓ |
σκᾰληνᾱ́ skălēnā́ |
σκᾰληνώ skălēnṓ |
σκᾰληνοί skălēnoí |
σκᾰληναί skălēnaí |
σκᾰληνᾰ́ skălēnắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| σκᾰληνῶς skălēnôs |
σκᾰληνότερος skălēnóteros |
σκᾰληνότᾰτος skălēnótătos | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- σκᾰληνής (skălēnḗs)
Descendants
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “σκάλλω (> DER > line 4 > -ηνός)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1340
Further reading
- “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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- scalene idem, page 736.
- σκαληνός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
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
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | σκαληνός (skalinós) | σκαληνή (skaliní) | σκαληνό (skalinó) | σκαληνοί (skalinoí) | σκαληνές (skalinés) | σκαληνά (skaliná) | |
| genitive | σκαληνού (skalinoú) | σκαληνής (skalinís) | σκαληνού (skalinoú) | σκαληνών (skalinón) | σκαληνών (skalinón) | σκαληνών (skalinón) | |
| accusative | σκαληνό (skalinó) | σκαληνή (skaliní) | σκαληνό (skalinó) | σκαληνούς (skalinoús) | σκαληνές (skalinés) | σκαληνά (skaliná) | |
| vocative | σκαληνέ (skaliné) | σκαληνή (skaliní) | σκαληνό (skalinó) | σκαληνοί (skalinoí) | σκαληνές (skalinés) | σκαληνά (skaliná) | |