I. (Acc. to squaleo, I.) In gen., stiff, rough (ante-class.): “corpora,” Lucr. 2, 469: “membra,” id. 5, 956: serpentis squamae squalido auro et purpurā praetextae, Att. ap. Gell. 2, 6, 23; id. ap. Non. 452, 28 (Trag. Fragm. v. 517 Rib.).—
II. (Acc. to squaleo, II.) In partic.
A. Stiff with dirt, dirty, foul, filthy, neglected, squalid (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): stola, Enn. ap. Non. 537, 26 (Trag. v. 373 Vahl.): “homo horridus et squalidus,” Plaut. Truc. 5, 41 sq.; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 5: “squalida et prope efferata corpora,” Liv. 21, 39, 2: “carcer,” Ov. Am. 2, 2, 42: “sudor,” Stat. Th. 3, 127: “cultus,” Sen. Troad. 883: “squalida siccitate regio,” Curt. 7, 4, 27: “rubigo,” Cat. 64, 42: “humus,” Ov. F. 1, 558: “Hispania,” uncultivated, Plin. 37, 13, 77, § 203.— “Esp., of persons in mourning: reus,” Ov. M. 15, 38; Quint. 6, 1, 30; Tac. H. 2, 60; cf. “senectus,” Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 22.—
B. Gloomy, obscure (late Lat.): “nocte squalidā et interluni,” Amm. 19, 6, 7: “squalidi Solis exortus hebetabant matutinos diei candores,” id. 31, 1, 2.—
C. Trop.
1. Of speech, rude, unadorned: “suā sponte (haec) squalidiora sunt,” Cic. Or. 32, 115.—
2. Wretched, incurable: “scientiam omnem squalidā diversitate confundere,” Amm. 26, 1, 10.—* Adv.: squālĭdē , without ornament, rudely: “squalidius dicere,” Cic. Fin. 4, 3, 5; Amm. 25, 2, 3.
