FromProto-Indo-European*(s)kʷálos(“sheatfish”), cognate withAncient Greekἄσπαλος(áspalos),Avestan𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀(kara,“kind of fish”),Old Prussiankalis, andOld Englishhwæl(“whale”); more information atwhale.
squalus m (genitivesqualī);second declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | squalus | squalī |
| genitive | squalī | squalōrum |
| dative | squalō | squalīs |
| accusative | squalum | squalōs |
| ablative | squalō | squalīs |
| vocative | squale | squalī |
Possibly related tosquāma(“scale”), of unknown origin. In the sense ofdirty, unkempt, this word has traditionally been associated with the cognates listed atcālīgō(“darkness, mist”), although these associations are tenuous.
squālus
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | squālus | squāla | squālum | squālī | squālae | squāla | |
| genitive | squālī | squālae | squālī | squālōrum | squālārum | squālōrum | |
| dative | squālō | squālae | squālō | squālīs | |||
| accusative | squālum | squālam | squālum | squālōs | squālās | squāla | |
| ablative | squālō | squālā | squālō | squālīs | |||
| vocative | squāle | squāla | squālum | squālī | squālae | squāla | |