squama

English

Etymology

Latin a scale.

Noun

squama (plural squamae)

1. (medicine) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: ˈskwama

Etymology 1

From Latin squāma.

Noun

squama f (plural squame)

1. (zoology) scale (keratin piece covering the skin of reptiles and fishes)
2. (anatomy) squama

Derived terms

• squamare
• squamoso

Etymology 2

Inflected form of the verb squamare.

Verb

squama

1. third-person singular present indicative of squamare
2. second-person singular imperative of squamare

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈskʷaː.ma/

Noun

squāma (genitive squāmae); f, first declension

1. scale (of a fish or reptile)
2. (by extension) flake; any item shaped like a scale

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	squāma	squāmae
genitive	squāmae	squāmārum
dative	squāmae	squāmīs
accusative	squāmam	squāmās
ablative	squāmā	squāmīs
vocative	squāma	squāmae

Derived terms

• squāmātus
• squāmeus
• squāmifer / squāmiger
• squāmōsus
• squāmula

Descendants

English: squama French: squame Italian: squama

Portuguese: escama Romanian: scamă, scvamă Spanish: escama

References

• squama in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879