σκαληνός

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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σκᾰληνός (skalēnósm (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

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Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: σκαληνός (skalinós)
  • Latin: scalēnus
    English: scalene, scalenus

References

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  • 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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek σκαληνός (skalēnós).

Adjective

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σκαληνός (skalinósm (feminine σκαληνή, neuter σκαληνό)

  1. (geometry) scalene, having unequal sides
    Synonym: ανισοσκελής (anisoskelís)
    Antonym: ισοσκελής (isoskelís)

Declension

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