squalus
See also: Squalus
Latin
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈskʷa.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈskʷaː.lus]
Noun
editsqualus m (genitive squalī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | squalus | squalī |
genitive | squalī | squalōrum |
dative | squalō | squalīs |
accusative | squalum | squalōs |
ablative | squalō | squalīs |
vocative | squale | squalī |
Alternative forms
editDescendants
editEtymology 2
editPossibly 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.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈskʷaː.ɫʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈskʷaː.lus]
Adjective
editsquālus
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “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.