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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈskʷaː.lɪ.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈskʷaː.li.dus]

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.