squama
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin squāma (“scale”). Doublet of squame.
Noun
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.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
squama f (plural squame)
- (zoology) scale (keratin piece covering the skin of reptiles and fishes)
- Synonym: scaglia
- (anatomy) squama
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inflected form of the verb squamare.
Verb
squama
Latin
Etymology
Probably related to squālus (“filthy, foul”) or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈskʷaː.ma/, [ˈs̠kʷäːmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈskwa.ma/, [ˈskwäːmä]
Noun
squāma f (genitive squāmae); first declension
Declension
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
Descendants
References
- “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.
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