squilla

Etymology

From Latin squilla, from Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla).

Noun

squilla (plural squillas or squillae)

1. A dinner bell, (historical) a shrill little bell used to signal dinner for medieval monks.
2. (botany, obsolete) The squill, the sea-onion.
3. (zoology) The mantis shrimp (Squilla mantis) or other members of the genus Squilla.
4. (zoology, obsolete) An insect resembling the mantis shrimp.

References

• Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., "Bell".
• Henry Beauchamp Walters, Church Bells of England, page 3
• Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Music, Vol. 2, page 453
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1st ed. "squilla, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1915

Verb

squilla

1. third-person singular present indicative of squillare
2. second-person singular imperative of squillare

Alternative forms

• scilla

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκίλλα (skílla, “squill, Urginea maritima”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskʷil.la/, [ˈskᶣɪl.la]

Noun

squilla f (genitive squillae); first declension

1. (botany) The squill or sea-onion.
2. A shrill little dinner bell used by medieval monks.
3. A kind of shrimp

References

• squilla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• squilla in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• squilla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)