scalenus
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /skəˈliː.nəs/
- (General American) IPA(key): /skeɪˈli.nəs/
- Rhymes: -iːnəs
Noun edit
scalenus (plural scaleni)
- (anatomy) Alternative form of scalene muscle.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκᾰληνός (skalēnós, “uneven, unequal”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /skaˈleː.nus/, [s̠käˈɫ̪eːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /skaˈle.nus/, [skäˈlɛːnus]
Adjective edit
scalēnus (feminine scalēna, neuter scalēnum); first/second-declension adjective
Inflection edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “scalenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press