scalaris

Latin

Etymology

scāla +‎ -āris.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [skaːˈɫaː.rɪs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [skaˈlaː.ris]

Adjective

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

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

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
	singular			plural
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

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: scalare
Ibero-Romance:
- Spanish: escalar
⇒ Latin: scālārium:
- Gallo-Romance:
  - Old Occitan: escalier
    - Occitan: escalier
    - → Middle French: escallier
      - → French: escalier
        Haitian Creole: eskalye
- Ibero-Romance:
  - Galician: esqueiro
⇒ Latin: scālāria:
- Ibero-Romance:
  - Aragonese: escalera
  - Asturian: escalera
  - Galician: esqueira
  - Spanish: escalera
    - → Galician: escaleira
    - → Portuguese: escaleira
Borrowings:
- → Catalan: escalar
- → English: scalar
- → French: scalaire
  - → Romanian: scalar
- → German: Skalar

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.