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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- squālĭdus, a, um, adj. [squaleo]. I. (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.).—II. (Acc. to squaleo, II.) In partic. A. 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.—B. Gloomy, obscure (late Lat.): nocte squalidā et interluni
, Amm. 19, 6, 7: squalidi Solis exortus hebetabant matutinos diei candores
, id. 31, 1, 2.—C. Trop. 1. Of speech, rude, unadorned: suā sponte (haec) squalidiora sunt
, Cic. Or. 32, 115.—2. 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.
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