Squilla

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Translingual

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Etymology

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Proper noun

Squilla f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Squillidae – certain mantis shrimps.

Hypernyms

  • (genus):

Hyponyms

References

Latin

Etymology

From squilla (“little bell; shrimp”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈskʷil.la/,

Proper noun

Squilla m sg (genitive Squillae); first declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Marcus Gavius Squilla Gallicanus, a Roman senator

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Squilla
genitive Squillae
dative Squillae
accusative Squillam
ablative Squillā
vocative Squilla

References

  • “Squilla Gallicanus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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