σκαληνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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

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.
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
Derived forms	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, 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
number case \ gender	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 •

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