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Headword:
*skalhno/s
Adler number: sigma,524
Translated headword: odd, scalene
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] uneven.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the neuter] scalene, a geometrical figure, in the manner of a ladder [skala].[2]
Greek Original:*skalhno/s: a)/nisos. kai\ *skalhno/n, gewmetriko\n sxh=ma, di/khn ska/las.
Notes:
[1] cf. the
scholia to
Plato,
Euthyphro 12D, where the headword occurs (of an odd number).
[2] For
skala see
sigma 520. In LSJ s.v., however, there is a suggested link between 'scalene' and
skolio/s (bent, crooked).
Translated by: David Whitehead on 13 October 2005@09:05:41.
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