squalus

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”), cognate with Ancient Greek ἄσπαλος (áspalos), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀 (kara, “kind of fish”), Old Prussian kalis, and Old English hwæl (“whale”); more information at whale.

Noun

squalus m (genitive squalī); second declension

  1. a kind of large sea fish, thought to be a shark
Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative squalus squalī
Genitive squalī squalōrum
Dative squalō squalīs
Accusative squalum squalōs
Ablative squalō squalīs
Vocative squale squalī
Alternative forms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Possibly related to squāma (“scale”), of unknown origin. In the sense of dirty, unkempt, this word has traditionally been associated with the cognates listed at cālīgō (“darkness, mist”), although these associations are tenuous.

Adjective

squālus

  1. unkempt, dirty
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative squālus squāla squālum squālī squālae squāla
Genitive squālī squālae squālī squālōrum squālārum squālōrum
Dative squālō squālō squālīs
Accusative squālum squālam squālum squālōs squālās squāla
Ablative squālō squālā squālō squālīs
Vocative squāle squāla squālum squālī squālae squāla
Derived terms

References

  • “squalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “squalus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • squalus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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