scalenus
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /skəˈliː.nəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /skeɪˈli.nəs/
- Rhymes: -iːnəs
Noun
scalenus (plural scaleni)
- (anatomy) Alternative form of scalene muscle.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκᾰληνός (skălēnós, “uneven, unequal”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [skaˈɫeː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [skaˈlɛː.nus]
Adjective
scalēnus (feminine scalēna, neuter scalēnum); first/second-declension adjective
Inflection
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | scalēnus | scalēna | scalēnum | scalēnī | scalēnae | scalēna | |
| genitive | scalēnī | scalēnae | scalēnī | scalēnōrum | scalēnārum | scalēnōrum | |
| dative | scalēnō | scalēnae | scalēnō | scalēnīs | |||
| accusative | scalēnum | scalēnam | scalēnum | scalēnōs | scalēnās | scalēna | |
| ablative | scalēnō | scalēnā | scalēnō | scalēnīs | |||
| vocative | scalēne | scalēna | scalēnum | scalēnī | scalēnae | scalēna | |
Descendants
References
- “scalenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press