scalenus
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /skəˈliː.nəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /skeɪˈli.nəs/
- Rhymes: -iːnəs
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκᾰληνός (skalēnós, “uneven, unequal”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /skaˈleː.nus/, [s̠käˈɫ̪eːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /skaˈle.nus/, [skäˈlɛːnus]
Inflection
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | scalēnus | scalēna | scalēnum | scalēnī | scalēnae | scalēna | |
| Genitive | scalēnī | scalēnae | scalēnī | scalēnōrum | scalēnārum | scalēnōrum | |
| Dative | scalēnō | scalēnō | scalēnīs | ||||
| Accusative | scalēnum | scalēnam | scalēnum | scalēnōs | scalēnās | scalēna | |
| Ablative | scalēnō | scalēnā | scalēnō | scalēnīs | |||
| Vocative | scalēne | scalēna | scalēnum | scalēnī | scalēnae | scalēna | |
References
- “scalenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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