squaleo
squālĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n. squalor, to be stiff or rough with any thing, etc. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. sordeo). Lit. In gen.: squalentes infode conchas, i. e. rough, Verg. G. 2, 348: per tunicam squalentem auro, id. A. 10, 314; cf.: auro squalens lorica, id. ib. 12, 87: maculis auro squalentibus, id. G. 4, 91; Sil. 2, 585: picti squalentia terga lacerti, Verg. G. 4, 13: squalentia tela venenis, Ov. F. 5, 397. In partic. To be stiff or rough from dryness or drought, to be dry, parched: squalebant pulvere fauces, Luc. 9, 503: oraque projecta squalent arentia linguā, id. 4, 755: tellus squalet, Sil. 14, 592.
Hence, Of lands, etc., to be desert, untilled, waste: squalentes campi, Sil. 3, 655; 4, 376: squalens litus, Tac. A. 15, 42: squalentia arva Libyes, Luc. 1, 205; 5, 39: sterilis profundi vastitas squalet soli, Sen. Herc. Fur. 697. To be stiff or rough from slovenliness or want of care; to be filthy, neglected, squalid: squalenti Dido comā, Ov. F. 3, 640: squalens barba, Verg. A. 2, 277: crines squalent a pulvere effuso, Sil. 2, 452: barba cruore, id. 10, 512: vestes squalentes atro pulvere, Luc. 8, 37: neque ego arma squalere situ ac rubigine velim, sed fulgorem inesse, Quint. 10, 1, 30; Gell. 9, 4, 2: mihi supellex squalet atque aedes meae, Plaut. Pers. 4, 8, 2: invidiae nigro squalentia tabo Tecta petit, Ov. M. 2, 760; cf. id. ib. 15, 627: squalent abductis arva colonis, lie untilled, Verg. G. 1, 507; cf. 1. β, supra. Transf., to mourn in filthy or squalid garments (cf. sordes and sordidatus; in Cic. only so): erat in luctu senatus: squalebat civitas publico consilio mutatā veste, Cic. Sest. 14, 32: luget senatus, maeret equester ordo, tota civitas confecta senio est, squalent municipia, afflictantur coloniae, id. Mil. 8, 20.
P. a. as subst.: squālĕntĭa, ōrum, n., deserts, Plin. 5, 9, 10, § 52.

squalidus
squālĭdus, a, um, adj. squaleo. (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.). (Acc. to squaleo, II.) In partic. 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. Gloomy, obscure (late Lat.): nocte squalidā et interluni, Amm. 19, 6, 7: squalidi Solis exortus hebetabant matutinos diei candores, id. 31, 1, 2. Trop. Of speech, rude, unadorned: suā sponte (haec) squalidiora sunt, Cic. Or. 32, 115. 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.

squalor
squālor, ōris, m. Sanscr. kālas, black; Gr. κελαινός, κηλίς. In gen., stiffness, roughness: quaecumque (res) aspera constat, Non aliquo sine materiae squalore reperta est (opp. lēvor), Lucr. 2, 425. In partic., stiffness from dirt, dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, squalor (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: sordes, illuvies). Lit. In gen.: immundas fortunas aequum est squalorem sequi, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 115: squaloris plenus ac pulveris (opp. unguentis oblitus), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, § 31: obsita erat squalore vestis, Liv. 2, 23, 3: illuvie, squalore enecti, id. 21, 40, 9: ignavis et imbellibus manet squalor (corresp. to crinem barbamque submittere), Tac. G. 31: senex macie et squalore confectus, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 5: vitis squalore deciso, Plin. 34, 14, 39, § 138: squalore situque posito, Calp. Ecl. 1, 43. Esp., of places: locorum squalor et solitudines inviae militem terrebant, desolation, Curt. 5, 6, 13; cf.: silva squalore tenebrarum horrenda, Amm. 17, 1, 8. So esp. freq. of filthy garments, as a sign of mourning: decesserat ex Asiā frater meus magno squalore, sed multo majore maerore, Cic. Sest. 31, 68: aspicite, judices, squalorem sordesque sociorum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 48, § 128; so (with sordes and luctus) id. Clu. 6, 18; 67, 192; id. Mur. 40, 86; id. Planc. 8, 21; id. Att. 3, 10, 2; Metell. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 1, 2; Liv. 29, 16, 6; Quint. 6, 1, 33; with maestitia, Tac. H. 1, 54. Trop.: deterso rudis saeculi squalore, i. e. in language, Quint. 2, 5, 23: Gallus, ex squalore nimio miseriarum, ad principale culmen provectus, i. e. from the very lowest rank, Amm. 14, 1, 1.

squama
squāma, ae, f., a scale (of a fish, serpent, etc.). Lit.: alias (animantes) squamis obductas, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121.
Of a serpent: tractu squamae crepitantis harenam Sulcat, Ov. M. 15, 725: hydri, Verg. G. 3, 545; id. A. 5, 88; 11, 754; Ov. M. 3, 63; 4, 577.
Of a fish: alia integuntur squamis ut pisces, Plin. 9, 12, 14, § 114; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 295.
Of bees: rutilis clarus squamis, Verg. G. 4, 93. Transf. * Poet., a fish, Juv. 4, 25. Of scaleshaped things (poet. and in post-Aug. prose). Scale-armor, Verg. A. 9, 707; 11, 488. A cataract in the eye, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21. Hulls or husks: milli, Plin. 34, 11, 24, § 107. Scales of metal struck off by the hammer: ferri, Plin. 34, 15, 46, § 154; Cels. 5, 1: aeris, Plin. 34, 11, 24, § 107; Cels. 2, 12: plumbi, Plin. 30, 12, 33, § 107. Trop., roughness, rudeness: sermonis, Sid. Ep. 3, 3.

squameus
squāmĕus, a, um, adj. id., scaly (poet.). Lit.: anguis, Verg. G. 2, 154: terga (anguium), id. A. 2, 218: membrana chelydri, Ov. M. 7, 272. Transf.: clipeatus et auro Squameus, in golden scales (of a coat of mail), Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 522.

squamosus
squāmōsus (-mossus), a, um, adj. squama, full of or covered with scales, scaly, squamous (poet. and in post - Aug. prose). 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. Transf.: thorax, Prud. Ham. 423: smaragdi, Plin. 37, 5, 18, § 72.
Poet.: lingua, stiff, rough, Luc. 4, 325.

squatina
squātĭna, ae, f. cf. Gr. κῆτος, a species of shark, the angel-fish, skate: Squalus squatina, Linn.; Plin. 9, 12, 14, § 40; 9, 51, 74, § 162.
Called also squātus; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 37; Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 150; and: squatus ῥίνα, εἶδος ἰχθύος, Gloss. Philox.