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

  1. Uneven, unequal, rough, rugged, slanting.
  2. (mathematics, of numbers) Odd.
    Synonym: περῐσσός (perĭssós)
    Antonyms: ἄρτῐος (ártĭos), 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
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
skălēnôi 		σκᾰληνῇ
skălēnêi 		σκᾰληνῷ
skălēnôi 		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

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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