LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective

scālāris

scālāris (neuter scālāre)
Classical[skaːˈɫaː.rɪs]Ecclesiastical[skaˈlaː.ris]
scālāria pl. nom. n.; pl. acc. n.; pl. voc. n.

Meaning

  1. two terminationOf, pertaining to or resembling a flight of stairs, or a ladder
  2. two terminationscalar

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativescālārisscālārisscālāre
genitivescālārisscālārisscālāris
dativescālārīscālārīscālārī
accusativescālāremscālāremscālāre
ablativescālārīscālārīscālārī
vocativescālārisscālārisscālāre
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativescālārēsscālārēsscālāria
genitivescālāriumscālāriumscālārium
dativescālāribusscālāribusscālāribus
accusativescālārīs
scālārēs
scālārīs
scālārēs
scālāria
ablativescālāribusscālāribusscālāribus
vocativescālārēsscālārēsscālāria

scālāris, e, adj. id.,
I. of or belonging to a flight of steps or a ladder: forma, Vitr. 5, 6 fin.; STRVCTIO, Inscr. Orell. 4570.—As subst.: scālārĭa, ĭum, n., a flight of stairs or steps, a staircase, Vitr. 5, 6, 3; also in the sing.: SCALARE, is, Inscr. Orell. 4750.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scāla Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin scālāris From scāla + -āris.

Borrowings
  • Catalanescalar
  • Englishscalar
  • Frenchscalaire
  • Romanianscalarfrom French scalaire
  • GermanSkalar
Elsewhere
  • Occitanescalierfrom Latin scālārium
  • Frenchescalierfrom Latin scālārium
  • Galicianesqueirofrom Latin scālārium
  • Aragoneseescalerafrom Latin scālāria
  • Asturianescalerafrom Latin scālāria
  • Galicianesqueirafrom Latin scālāria
  • Old Spanishescalerafrom Latin scālāria
Italo-Romance
  • Italianscalare
Ibero-Romance
  • Spanishescalar

In English words that came into English from scālāris

  • scalarscālāris

Quick answers

What does scālāris mean in Latin?
scālāris, a adjective, means “Of, pertaining to or resembling a flight of stairs, or a ladder; scalar”.
How do you pronounce scālāris?
In classical Latin, [skaːˈɫaː.rɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [skaˈlaː.ris].