Definition of squama
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LNS
squāma, squāmae
squama
noun (f., 1st declension)
  1. a scale
  2. a fish
  3. Scale-armor
  4. A cataract
  5. Hulls or husks
  6. Scales of metal struck off by the hammer
Abbreviations
squāma, ae, 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. * Poet., a fish, Juv. 4, 25.

— 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.

—* Trop., roughness, rudeness: sermonis, Sid. Ep. 3, 3.
 
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