English → Latin
“squill” in Latin
scĭllaA sea-onionsquillaThe squill or sea onion.; A shrill little dinner bell used by medieval monks.; A kind of shrimp
The English word squill itself goes back to Latin scĭlla.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
squill
A bulbous plant, scilla (Plin.): *scilla maritima (Linn.).
A crustaceous fish, squilla (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for squill?
- The usual Latin words for “squill” are scĭlla, squilla. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.