Latin edit

Etymology edit

From squāleō +‎ -idus.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

squālidus (feminine squālida, neuter squālidum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. stiff, rough
  2. dirty, foul, filthy, neglected, squalid

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative squālidus squālida squālidum squālidī squālidae squālida
Genitive squālidī squālidae squālidī squālidōrum squālidārum squālidōrum
Dative squālidō squālidō squālidīs
Accusative squālidum squālidam squālidum squālidōs squālidās squālida
Ablative squālidō squālidā squālidō squālidīs
Vocative squālide squālida squālidum squālidī squālidae squālida

Descendants edit

  • Catalan: esquàlid
  • English: squalid
  • French: squalide
  • Portuguese: esquálido
  • Spanish: escuálido

References edit

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