squamosus

squamosus

Latin

Etymology

squāma + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /skʷaːˈmoː.sus/, [skʷaːˈmoː.sʊs]

Adjective

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

1. scaly

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	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	squāmōsīs	squāmōsīs
Accusative	squāmōsum	squāmōsam	squāmōsum		squāmōsōs	squāmōsās	squāmōsa
Ablative	squāmōsō	squāmōsā	squāmōsō		squāmōsīs	squāmōsīs	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