squalus – Latin noun declension

Noun: squalus
Hyphenation:

Gender: Masculine Declension: Second

Nominative

Singular	squalus
Plural	squalī

Genitive

Singular	squalī
Plural	squalōrum

Dative

Singular	squalō
Plural	squalīs

Accusative

Singular	squalum
Plural	squalōs

Ablative

Singular	squalō
Plural	squalīs

Vocative

Singular	squale
Plural	squalī

Sample Sentences

planorum piscium alterum est genus, quod pro spina cartilaginem habet, ut raiae, pastinacae, squatinae, torpedo et quos bovis, lamiae, aquilae, ranae nominibus graeci appellant. quo in numero sunt squali quoque, quamvis non plani. haec graece in universum σελάχη appellavit aristoteles primus hoc nomine iis inposito. nos distinguere non possumus, nisi si cartilaginea appellare libeat. omnia autem carnivora sunt talia et supina vescuntur, ut in delphinis diximus, et cum ceteri pisces ova pariant, hoc genus solum, ut ea quae cete appellant, animal parit, excepta quam ranam vocant. ((please add an English translation of this quotation)) [23 CE – 79 CE, Plinius Maior, Historia Naturalis 9.42]

Nouns inflected like squalus

priāpismus, scāpus, servus, cuneolus, sargus, saccus, scarus, scinus, scopus, illēgitimus, sorbus, sophus, somnus, Hispānus, soccus, sirpus, siclus, icterus, cunīculus, xystus, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

1. Uncertain.
2. * Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”), cognate with Ancient Greek ἄσπαλος (áspalos), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀 (kara, “kind of fish”), Old Prussian kalis, and Old English hwæl (“whale”); more information at whale.
3. * De Vaan suggests that it might be related to Latin squāma (“scale”). De Vaan proposes that the term came to refer to a species of fish based on its scales. If this theory is accepted, the term must be pronounced as squālus. See: Old English Nouns 'hwæl', Latin Nouns 'squāma'.

Verbs referencing "squalus"

English Nouns whale, Old English Nouns hwæl, Romanian Nouns spar, Galician Nouns escalo, Asturian Nouns escualu, Spanish Nouns escualo, Catalan Nouns esqual, Romanian Nouns scal, English Nouns crow shark.