scapulae

See also: scapulæ

English

Alternative forms

• scapulas

Noun

scapulae

1. plural of scapula

Anagrams

• capsulæ

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈska.pu.lae̯/, [ˈs̠käpʊɫ̪äe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈska.pu.le/, [ˈskäːpule]

Noun

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

1. (anatomy) shoulder blades

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

	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.