squalidus

squalidus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin squālus
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *-ōs
Proto-Italic *-ōs
Latin -or
Latin squālor
Latin squāleō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin squālidus

    From squāleō + -idus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    squālidus (feminine squālida, neuter squālidum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. stiff, rough
    2. dirty, foul, filthy, neglected, squalid

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative squālidus squālida squālidum squālidī squālidae squālida
    genitive squālidī squālidae squālidī squālidōrum squālidārum squālidōrum
    dative squālidō squālidae squālidō squālidīs
    accusative squālidum squālidam squālidum squālidōs squālidās squālida
    ablative squālidō squālidā squālidō squālidīs
    vocative squālide squālida squālidum squālidī squālidae squālida

    Descendants

    • Catalan: esquàlid
    • English: squalid
    • French: squalide
    • Portuguese: esquálido
    • Spanish: escuálido

    References

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