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|lshtext=<b>squāma</b>: ae, f.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[scale]] (of a [[fish]], [[serpent]], etc.).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf. *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Poet., a [[fish]], Juv. 4, 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of scaleshaped things ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Scale-armor, Verg. A. 9, 707; 11, 488.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[cataract]] in the [[eye]], Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hulls or husks: milli, Plin. 34, 11, 24, § 107.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—*<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[roughness]], [[rudeness]]: sermonis, Sid. Ep. 3, 3.
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