σκαληνός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

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

  1. Uneven, unequal, rough, rugged, slanting.
  2. (mathematics, of numbers) Odd.
    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
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Synonyms

Descendants

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.

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
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)
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