σκάλα
See also: Appendix:Variations of "skala"
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈska.la/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈska.la/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈska.la/
Noun
σκάλα • (skála) f (genitive σκάλας); first declension (Koine, Byzantine)
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- σκάλα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “σκάλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “σκᾶλα”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 900
Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek σκάλα (skála), from Latin scāla.
Noun
σκάλα • (skála) f (plural σκάλες)
- ladder, rung
- (architecture) staircase, stairs, stairway
- escalator
- Synonym: κυλιόμενη σκάλα f (kyliómeni skála)
- gangway
- pier
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | σκάλα (skála) | σκάλες (skáles) |
| genitive | σκάλας (skálas) | σκαλών (skalón) |
| accusative | σκάλα (skála) | σκάλες (skáles) |
| vocative | σκάλα (skála) | σκάλες (skáles) |
Synonyms
- (staircase): κλιμακοστάσιο n (klimakostásio)
- (ladder): κλίμακα n (klímaka, “scale, stairs, ladder”)
- (rung): σκαλί n (skalí)