scalenus

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /skəˈliː.nəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /skeɪˈli.nəs/
• Rhymes: -iːnəs

Noun

scalenus (plural scaleni)

1. (anatomy) Alternative form of scalene muscle.

Anagrams

• Claussen, unscales

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκᾰληνός (skalēnós, “uneven, unequal”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /skaˈleː.nus/, [s̠käˈɫ̪eːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /skaˈle.nus/, [skäˈlɛːnus]

Adjective

scalēnus (feminine scalēna, neuter scalēnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (geometry) (of a triangle) of unequal sides; scalene

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

• → English: scalene, scalenus

References

• “scalenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press