English

Noun

squama ‎(plural squamae or squamas)

1. (medicine) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.

Derived terms

• squamation

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ˈskwama

Etymology 1

From Latin squāma.

Noun

squama f ‎(plural squame)

1. (zoology) scale (keratin piece covering the skin of reptiles and fishes)
2. (anatomy) squama

Derived terms

• squamare
• squamoso

Etymology 2

Inflected form of the verb squamare.

Verb

squama

1. third-person singular present indicative of squamare
2. second-person singular imperative of squamare

Latin

Etymology

Probably related to squalus ‎(“filthy, foul”) or possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- ‎(“to cover”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskʷaː.ma/

Noun

squāma f ‎(genitive squāmae); first declension

1. scale (of a fish or reptile)
2. (by extension) flake; any item shaped like a scale

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• squāmātus
• squāmeus
• squāmifer / squāmiger
• squāmōsus
• squāmula

Descendants

References

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