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* 1. squālus, a, um, adj. [squales], dirty, filthy, squalid, = squalidus: lavere lacrimis vestem squalam et sordidam, Enn. ap. Non. 172, 20 (Trag. v. 370 Vahl.).
2. squălus, i, m., a kind of sea-fish, Varr. R. R. 3, 3, 9 Schneid. N. cr.; Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78; 9, 51, 74, § 162; Ov. Hal. 123.