squalus

See also: Squalus

Latin

Alternative forms

• squātus

Etymology

Probably both senses 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. Conversely, for the fish, a less likely relationship with Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”) has been suggested, in which case perhaps cognate with Ancient Greek ἄσπαλος (áspalos), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀 (kara, “kind of fish”), Old Prussian kalis, and Old English hwæl (“whale”), more information at whale.

Noun

squālus m (genitive squālī); second declension

1. a kind of sea fish, thought to be a shark

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	squālus	squālī
Genitive	squālī	squālōrum
Dative	squālō	squālīs
Accusative	squālum	squālōs
Ablative	squālō	squālīs
Vocative	squāle	squālī

Derived terms

• squālor
• squāleō
• squālidus

Descendants

• Asturian: escualu
• French: squale
• Galician: escalo
• Italian: squalo
• Ligurian: squæo
• Portuguese: escalho
• Romanian: scal
• Spanish: escualo

Adjective

squālus

1. unkempt, dirty

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	squālus	squālī
Genitive	squālī	squālōrum
Dative	squālō	squālīs
Accusative	squālum	squālōs
Ablative	squālō	squālīs
Vocative	squāle	squālī

References

• “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.