scapulae

See also: scapulæ

English

Alternative forms

Noun

scapulae

  1. plural of scapula

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *skapelā.

Maybe ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kap-, a root common to Ancient Greek σκάπτω (skáptō, “to dig, delve”), σκαπάνη (skapánē, “spade, mattock”), Latvian kaplis (“hoe”) and Albanian kep (“to chisel”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

scapulae f pl (genitive scapulārum); first declension (plural only)

  1. (anatomy) shoulder blades

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative scapulae
Genitive scapulārum
Dative scapulīs
Accusative scapulās
Ablative scapulīs
Vocative scapulae

Noun

scapulae

  1. inflection of scapula:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive/dative singular

References
  • “scapulae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “scapulae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scapulae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “scapulae”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 489
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