LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

squāmōsus

squāmōsus (feminine squāmōsa, neuter squāmōsum)
Classical[skʷaːˈmoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[skʷaˈmɔː.s̬us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivescaly

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesquāmōsussquāmōsasquāmōsum
genitivesquāmōsīsquāmōsaesquāmōsī
dativesquāmōsōsquāmōsaesquāmōsō
accusativesquāmōsumsquāmōsamsquāmōsum
ablativesquāmōsōsquāmōsāsquāmōsō
vocativesquāmōsesquāmōsasquāmōsum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesquāmōsīsquāmōsaesquāmōsa
genitivesquāmōsōrumsquāmōsārumsquāmōsōrum
dativesquāmōsīssquāmōsīssquāmōsīs
accusativesquāmōsōssquāmōsāssquāmōsa
ablativesquāmōsīssquāmōsīssquāmōsīs
vocativesquāmōsīsquāmōsaesquāmōsa

squāmōsus (-mossus), a, um, adj. squama,
I. full of or covered with scales, scaly, squamous (poet. and in post - Aug. prose).
I. Lit.: pecus (i. e. pisces), Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 5: soleamne esse avis squamossas? id. Men. 5, 5, 19: draco, Verg. G. 4, 408; cf.: venter cerastae, Prop. 3 (4), 22, 27. orbes (anguis), Ov. M. 3, 41: greges (piscium), Col. 8, 17, 2: agmina, Prud. στεφ. 5, 144: belua, Sen. Hippol. 1048: pellis, Claud. Laud. Stil. 1, 263.—
II. Transf.: thorax, Prud. Ham. 423: smaragdi, Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 72.— Poet.: lingua, stiff, rough, Luc. 4, 325.

Origins

From squāma + -ōsus.

Descendants
  • Catalanescamós
  • Catalanesquamós
  • Englishsquamous
  • Frenchsquameux
  • Italiansquamoso
  • Portugueseescamoso
  • Romanianscămos
  • Spanishescamoso
  • Old Frencheschamous
  • Sicilianscamusu

In English words that came into English from squāmōsus

  • squamoussquāmōsus

Quick answers

What does squāmōsus mean in Latin?
squāmōsus, a adjective, means “scaly”.
How do you pronounce squāmōsus?
In classical Latin, [skʷaːˈmoː.sʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [skʷaˈmɔː.s̬us].