squāles

is, f.

squaleo, II.

I. 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.).
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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