squamosus

Latin

Etymology

From squāma +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /skʷaːˈmoː.sus/, [s̠kʷäːˈmoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /skwaˈmo.sus/, [skwäˈmɔːs̬us]

Adjective

squāmōsus (feminine squāmōsa, neuter squāmōsum); first/second-declension adjective

1. scaly

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	squāmōsus	squāmōsa	squāmōsum		squāmōsī	squāmōsae	squāmōsa
genitive	squāmōsī	squāmōsae	squāmōsī		squāmōsōrum	squāmōsārum	squāmōsōrum
dative	squāmōsō	squāmōsae	squāmōsō		squāmōsīs
accusative	squāmōsum	squāmōsam	squāmōsum		squāmōsōs	squāmōsās	squāmōsa
ablative	squāmōsō	squāmōsā	squāmōsō		squāmōsīs
vocative	squāmōse	squāmōsa	squāmōsum		squāmōsī	squāmōsae	squāmōsa

Descendants

• Catalan: escamós, esquamós
• English: squamous
• French: squameux
• Italian: squamoso
• Old French: eschamous
• Portuguese: escamoso
• Romanian: scămos
• Spanish: escamoso

References

• “squamosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “squamosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• squamosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.