squama
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin squāma (“scale”). Doublet of squame.
Noun edit
squama (plural squamae or squamas)
- (medicine) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
- (botany) The bract of a deciduous spike.
- (botany) Any scaly bracted leaf.
- (entomology) A calypter.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “squama”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “squama”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
squama f (plural squame)
- (zoology) scale (keratin piece covering the skin of reptiles and fishes)
- Synonym: scaglia
- (anatomy) squama
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Inflected form of the verb squamare.
Verb edit
squama
- inflection of squamare:
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Probably related to squālus (“filthy, foul”) or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskʷaː.ma/, [ˈs̠kʷäːmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈskwa.ma/, [ˈskwäːmä]
Noun edit
squāma f (genitive squāmae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | squāma | squāmae |
Genitive | squāmae | squāmārum |
Dative | squāmae | squāmīs |
Accusative | squāmam | squāmās |
Ablative | squāmā | squāmīs |
Vocative | squāma | squāmae |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “squama”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “squama”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- squama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.