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.
squalus m (genitive squalī); second declension
Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | squalus | squalī |
genitive | squalī | squalōrum |
dative | squalō | squalīs |
accusative | squalum | squalōs |
ablative | squalō | squalīs |
vocative | squale | squalī |
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.
squālus
First/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | squālus | squāla | squālum | squālī | squālae | squāla | |
genitive | squālī | squālae | squālī | squālōrum | squālārum | squālōrum | |
dative | squālō | squālae | squālō | squālīs | |||
accusative | squālum | squālam | squālum | squālōs | squālās | squāla | |
ablative | squālō | squālā | squālō | squālīs | |||
vocative | squāle | squāla | squālum | squālī | squālae | squāla |