squales

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

squāles, is, f. [squaleo, II.],

filth , dirt : ager periret squale, Varr. ap. Non. 226, 5; 125, 33; 168, 20: squale scabieque, Pac. ib. 152, 29 (Trag. Rel. v. 314 Rib.).