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MorphologyDictionary- Charlton T. Lewis: An Elementary Latin Dictionary
- Cooper: Thesaurus Linguae Romanae et Brittanicae
- Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
- squālor, ōris, m. [Sanscr. kālas, black; Gr. kelaino/s, khli/s]. I. In gen., stiffness, roughness:
quaecumque (res) aspera constat, Non aliquo sine materiae squalore reperta est (opp. lēvor)
, Lucr. 2, 425.—II. In partic., stiffness from dirt, dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, squalor (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: sordes, illuvies). A. Lit. 1. In gen.: immundas fortunas aequum est squalorem sequi
, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 115: squaloris plenus ac pulveris (opp. unguentis oblitus)
, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 12, 31: obsita erat squalore vestis
, Liv. 2, 23, 3: illuvie, squalore enecti
, id. 21, 40, 9: ignavis et imbellibus manet squalor (corresp. to crinem barbamque submittere)
, Tac. G. 31: senex macie et squalore confectus
, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 5: vitis squalore deciso
, Plin. 34, 14, 39, 138: squalore situque posito
, Calp. Ecl. 1, 43.—2. Esp., of places: locorum squalor et solitudines inviae militem terrebant
, desolation
, Curt. 5, 6, 13; cf.: silva squalore tenebrarum horrenda
, Amm. 17, 1, 8.—3. So esp. freq. of filthy garments, as a sign of mourning: decesserat ex Asiā frater meus magno squalore, sed multo majore maerore
, Cic. Sest. 31, 68: aspicite, judices, squalorem sordesque sociorum
, id. Verr. 2, 5, 48, 128; so (with sordes and luctus) id. Clu. 6, 18; 67, 192; id. Mur. 40, 86; id. Planc. 8, 21; id. Att. 3, 10, 2; Metell. ap. Cic. Fam. 5, 1, 2; Liv. 29, 16, 6; Quint. 6, 1, 33; with maestitia
, Tac. H. 1, 54.—B. Trop.: deterso rudis saeculi squalore
, i. e. in language
, Quint. 2, 5, 23: Gallus, ex squalore nimio miseriarum, ad principale culmen provectus
, i. e. from the very lowest rank
, Amm. 14, 1, 1.
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