adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
squālidus
squālidus (feminine squālida, neuter squālidum)
Classical[ˈskʷaː.lɪ.dʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈskʷaː.li.dus]
Meaning
- adjectivestiff, rough
- adjectivedirty, foul, filthy, neglected, squalid
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
sordidus, neglēctā fōrmāsquālidus -a -um — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 5, 19
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | squālidus | squālida | squālidum |
| genitive | squālidī | squālidae | squālidī |
| dative | squālidō | squālidae | squālidō |
| accusative | squālidum | squālidam | squālidum |
| ablative | squālidō | squālidā | squālidō |
| vocative | squālide | squālida | squālidum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | squālidī | squālidae | squālida |
| genitive | squālidōrum | squālidārum | squālidōrum |
| dative | squālidīs | squālidīs | squālidīs |
| accusative | squālidōs | squālidās | squālida |
| ablative | squālidīs | squālidīs | squālidīs |
| vocative | squālidī | squālidae | squālida |
squālĭdus, a, um, adj. squaleo.
I. (Acc. to squaleo, I.) In gen., stiff, rough (ante-class.):
corpora, Lucr. 2, 469: membra, id. 5, 956: serpentis squamae squalido auro et purpurā praetextae, Att. ap. Gell. 2, 6, 23; id. ap. Non. 452, 28 (Trag. Fragm. v. 517 Rib.).—II. (Acc. to squaleo, II.) In partic.
A. Stiff with dirt, dirty, foul, filthy, neglected, squalid (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): stola, Enn. ap. Non. 537, 26 (Trag. v. 373 Vahl.):
homo horridus et squalidus, Plaut. Truc. 5, 41 sq.; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 5: squalida et prope efferata corpora, Liv. 21, 39, 2: carcer, Ov. Am. 2, 2, 42: sudor, Stat. Th. 3, 127: cultus, Sen. Troad. 883: squalida siccitate regio, Curt. 7, 4, 27: rubigo, Cat. 64, 42: humus, Ov. F. 1, 558: Hispania, uncultivated, Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 203.— Esp., of persons in mourning: reus, Ov. M. 15, 38; Quint. 6, 1, 30; Tac. H. 2, 60; cf. senectus, Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 22.—B. Gloomy, obscure (late Lat.):
nocte squalidā et interluni, Amm. 19, 6, 7: squalidi Solis exortus hebetabant matutinos diei candores, id. 31, 1, 2.—C. Trop.
1. Of speech, rude, unadorned:
suā sponte (haec) squalidiora sunt, Cic. Or. 32, 115.—2. Wretched, incurable:
scientiam omnem squalidā diversitate confundere, Amm. 26, 1, 10.—* Adv.: squālĭdē, without ornament, rudely: squalidius dicere, Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 5; Amm. 25, 2, 3.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
squālidus adj. with comp.
2 CAL-, stiff, rough, dirty, foul, filthy, neglected, squalid : homo, T.: corpora, L.: carcer, O.: siccitate regio, Cu.: humus, O.: reus, in mourning , O.—Fig., of speech, rude, unadorned : suā sponte (haec) squalidiora sunt.
Origins
Latin squāleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin squālidus From squāleō + -idus.
Descendants
- Catalanesquàlid
- Englishsqualid
- Frenchsqualide
- Portugueseesquálido
- Spanishescuálido