scapulae

See also: scapulæ

English

Alternative forms

Noun

scapulae

  1. plural of scapula

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Maybe 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
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈska.pu.lae̯/, [ˈska.pʊ.ɫae̯]

Noun

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

  1. (anatomy) shoulder blades

Inflection

First declension.

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

Noun

scapulae

  1. nominative plural of scapula
  2. genitive singular of scapula
  3. dative singular of scapula
  4. vocative plural of scapula

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), volume 2, 3rd edition, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 489
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