σκαληνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to curve, bend”) or from *(s)kelH- (“to cut, carve, split”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ska.lɛː.nós/ → /ska.liˈnos/ → /ska.liˈnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ska.lɛː.nós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ska.le̝ˈnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ska.liˈnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ska.liˈnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ska.liˈnos/

Adjective

σκᾰληνός • (skalēnós) m (feminine σκᾰληνή, neuter σκᾰληνόν); first/second declension

1. Uneven, unequal, rough, rugged, slanting.
2. (mathematics, of numbers) Odd.
   • 399 BCE, Plato, Euthyphro 12d

   Synonym: περῐσσός (perissós)

   Antonyms: ἄρτῐος (ártios), ἰσοσκελής (isoskelḗs)

3. (geometry, of triangles) Having unequal sides, scalene.
   1. (geometry, of cones) Oblique.

Inflection

First and second declension of σκᾰληνός; σκᾰληνή; σκᾰληνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • scalene idem, page 736.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκαληνός (skalēnós).

Adjective

σκαληνός • (skalinós) m (feminine σκαληνή, neuter σκαληνό)

1. (geometry) scalene, having unequal sides

   Synonym: ανισοσκελής (anisoskelís)

   Antonym: ισοσκελής (isoskelís)

Declension

Declension of σκαληνός

number  case \ gender	singular			plural
	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 •