scalae

English

Noun

scalae

1. plural of scala

Anagrams

• Alsace, calesa

Latin

Etymology

Plural of scāla.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskaː.lae̯/, [ˈs̠käːɫ̪äe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈska.le/, [ˈskäːle]

Noun

scālae f pl (genitive scālārum); first declension

1. (plural only) (flight of) stairs; staircase

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	scālae
Genitive	scālārum
Dative	scālīs
Accusative	scālās
Ablative	scālīs
Vocative	scālae

Noun

scālae

1. inflection of scāla:
   1. genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural

References

• “scalae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “scalae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “scalae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin