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English
Noun
scapulae
- 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)
- (anatomy) shoulder blades
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
Noun
scapulae
- inflection of scapula:
- nominative/vocative plural
- 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.