scapula

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See also: scapular, scapulă, and Scapula

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Etymology

From Late Latin scapula (“shoulder”).

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Noun

scapula (plural scapulas or scapulae)

  1. (anatomy) Either of the two large, flat, bones forming the back of the shoulder.

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈska.pu.la/
  • Rhymes: -apula
  • Hyphenation: scà‧pu‧la

Noun

scapula f (plural scapule)

  1. (literary, obsolete) Alternative form of scapola

Further reading

  • scapula in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Etymology

Late Latin scapula "shoulder" from Classical Latin scapulae (“shoulders”).

Pronunciation

Noun

scapula f (genitive scapulae); first declension

  1. (anatomy) A shoulder blade, scapula

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scapula scapulae
Genitive scapulae scapulārum
Dative scapulae scapulīs
Accusative scapulam scapulās
Ablative scapulā scapulīs
Vocative scapula scapulae

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References

  • “scapula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scapula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • scapula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “scapula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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