squaleo
Latin
Etymology
From squālor (“dirty”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈskʷaː.le.oː/, [ˈs̠kʷäːɫ̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈskwa.le.o/, [ˈskwäːleo]
Verb
squāleō (present infinitive squālēre, perfect active squāluī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- I am stiff or rough (with).
- I am dry or parched; I am barren.
- I am rough from lack of care; I am filthy, unkempt, neglected or squalid.
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References
- “squaleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “squaleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- squaleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.