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squāma (noun F) :
* A scale (of a fish, serpent, etc.).
* Lit.: alias (animantes) squamis obductas,Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121.—Of a serpent: tractu squamae crepitantis harenam Sulcat,Ov. M. 15, 725: hydri,Verg. G. 3, 545; id. A. 5, 88; 11, 754; Ov. M. 3, 63; 4, 577.—Of a fish: alia integuntur squamis ut pisces,Plin. 9, 12, 14, § 114; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 295.—Of bees: rutilis clarus squamis,Verg. G. 4, 93.
* Transf. *
* Trop., roughness, rudeness: sermonis,Sid. Ep. 3, 3.
* Of scaleshaped things (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Scale-armor, Verg. A. 9, 707; 11, 488.
* A cataract in the eye, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21.
* Hulls or husks: milli,Plin. 34, 11, 24, § 107.
* Scales of metal struck off by the hammer: ferri,Plin. 34, 15, 46, § 154; Cels. 5, 1: aeris,Plin. 34, 11, 24, § 107; Cels. 2, 12: plumbi,Plin. 30, 12, 33, § 107.—*
* A scale (of a fish, serpent, etc.).
* Lit.: alias (animantes) squamis obductas,Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121.—Of a serpent: tractu squamae crepitantis harenam Sulcat,Ov. M. 15, 725: hydri,Verg. G. 3, 545; id. A. 5, 88; 11, 754; Ov. M. 3, 63; 4, 577.—Of a fish: alia integuntur squamis ut pisces,Plin. 9, 12, 14, § 114; Claud. in Eutr. 1, 295.—Of bees: rutilis clarus squamis,Verg. G. 4, 93.
* Transf. *
* Trop., roughness, rudeness: sermonis,Sid. Ep. 3, 3.
* Of scaleshaped things (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
* Scale-armor, Verg. A. 9, 707; 11, 488.
* A cataract in the eye, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21.
* Hulls or husks: milli,Plin. 34, 11, 24, § 107.
* Scales of metal struck off by the hammer: ferri,Plin. 34, 15, 46, § 154; Cels. 5, 1: aeris,Plin. 34, 11, 24, § 107; Cels. 2, 12: plumbi,Plin. 30, 12, 33, § 107.—*
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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