scapulae

See also: scapulæ

English

Alternative forms

• scapulas

Noun

scapulae

1. (deprecated template usage) plural of scapula

Anagrams

• capsulæ, speculaa

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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”).

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.

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

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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.