squameus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →squameus, squamea, squameum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
scaly;
nom. sg. (m.)
Examples
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...infans, hic iacet, extremum tumuli circum asperat orbem squameus; expectes morientis ab ore cruenta sibila, marmorea sic uoluitur..."- P
Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...rapit immensos orbis per humum neque tanto squameus in spiram tractu se colligit anguis. adde tot egregias urbes..."