Squilla

See also: squilla

Translingual

Squilla empusa.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin squilla (“kind of shrimp”), from Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla). Doublet of Scilla.

Proper noun

Squilla f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Squillidae – certain mantis shrimps.

Hypernyms

• (genus):

Hyponyms

• (genus): Squilla mantis - type species

References

• Squilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Squilla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Squilla on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Latin

Etymology

From squilla (“little bell; shrimp”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskʷil.la/, [ˈs̠kʷɪlːʲä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskwil.la/, [ˈskwilːä]

Proper noun

Squilla m sg (genitive Squillae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Marcus Gavius Squilla Gallicanus, a Roman senator

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Squilla
genitive	Squillae
dative	Squillae
accusative	Squillam
ablative	Squillā
vocative	Squilla

References

• “Squilla Gallicanus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray