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σκαληνός
σκαληνός
Ancient Greek
Adjective
σκᾰληνός • (skalēnós) m (feminine σκᾰληνή, neuter σκᾰληνόν); first/second declension
- uneven, unequal, rough, rugged, slanting
- (mathematics, of numbers) odd
- (geometry, of triangles) Having unequal sides, scalene; (of cones) oblique
Inflection
Declension of σκᾰληνός; σκᾰληνή; σκᾰληνόν
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||
| Nominative | σκᾰληνός | σκᾰληνή | σκᾰληνόν | σκᾰληνώ | σκᾰληνᾱ́ | σκᾰληνώ | σκᾰληνοί | σκᾰληναί | σκᾰληνᾰ́ | ||||
| Genitive | σκᾰληνοῦ | σκᾰληνῆς | σκᾰληνοῦ | σκᾰληνοῖν | σκᾰληναῖν | σκᾰληνοῖν | σκᾰληνῶν | σκᾰληνῶν | σκᾰληνῶν | ||||
| Dative | σκᾰληνῷ | σκᾰληνῇ | σκᾰληνῷ | σκᾰληνοῖν | σκᾰληναῖν | σκᾰληνοῖν | σκᾰληνοῖς | σκᾰληναῖς | σκᾰληνοῖς | ||||
| Accusative | σκᾰληνόν | σκᾰληνήν | σκᾰληνόν | σκᾰληνώ | σκᾰληνᾱ́ | σκᾰληνώ | σκᾰληνούς | σκᾰληνᾱ́ς | σκᾰληνᾰ́ | ||||
| Vocative | σκᾰληνέ | σκᾰληνή | σκᾰληνόν | σκᾰληνώ | σκᾰληνᾱ́ | σκᾰληνώ | σκᾰληνοί | σκᾰληναί | σκᾰληνᾰ́ | ||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | ||||||||||
| σκᾰληνῶς | σκᾰληνότερος | σκᾰληνότᾰτος | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Synonyms
- σκαληνής (skalēnḗs)
Antonyms
- (odd (number)): ἰσοσκελής (isoskelḗs, “even (number)”)
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.