squalor

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

squālor ōris, m

2 CAL-, roughness, dirtiness, filthiness, foulness, squalor : squaloris plenus: obsita squalore vestis, L.: ignavis et imbellibus manet squalor, Ta.—Of places: locorum squalor, desolation , Cu.—As a sign of mourning, neglected raiment, filthy garments, mourning : decesserat frater meus magno squalore: legati, obsiti squalore, L.