squamosus

Latin

Etymology

From squāma +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

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.
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