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..."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..."