scalaris

Latin

Etymology

scāla +‎ -āris.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /skaːˈlaː.ris/, [s̠käːˈɫ̪äːrɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /skaˈla.ris/, [skäˈläːris]

Adjective

scālāris (neuter scālāre); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. Of, pertaining to or resembling a flight of stairs, or a ladder
2. (mathematics) scalar

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	scālāris	scālāre		scālārēs	scālāria
Genitive	scālāris			scālārium
Dative	scālārī			scālāribus
Accusative	scālārem	scālāre		scālārēs scālārīs	scālāria
Ablative	scālārī			scālāribus
Vocative	scālāris	scālāre		scālārēs	scālāria

Related terms

• scālārium

Descendants

• Aragonese: escalera
• Asturian: escalera
• Catalan: escalar
• → English: scalar
• → French: scalaire
  • → Romanian: scalar
• Galician: esqueira, esqueiro
• Italian: scalare
• Occitan: escalier
  • → French: escalier
• Spanish: escalera
  • → Galician: escaleira
  • → Portuguese: escaleira
• Spanish: escalar

References

• “scalaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scalaris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.