squālĭdus, a, um, adj. [squaleo].
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. 236: 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.