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Webster 1913 Edition
Scapula
Scap′u-la
(skăp′ū̍-lȧ)
, Noun.
pl. L.
Scapulae
(#)
, E. Scapulas
(#)
. [L.]
1.
(Anat.)
The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.
2.
(Zool.)
One of the plates from which the arms of a crinoid arise.
Webster 1828 Edition
Scapula
SCAP'ULA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
scapula
scapula
English
Noun
scapula (plural scapulas or scapulae)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
large flat bone — see shoulder blade
Latin
Etymology
Late Latin scapula "shoulder" from Classical Latin scapulae "shoulders". Perhaps akin to Greek σκάπτω "I dig out", perhaps referring to prehistoric use of large animals' scapulae as shovels.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈska.pu.la/
Noun
scapula f (genitive scapulae); first declension
Derived terms
- scapulāre
- scapulāris
- scapulārium
- scapulārus
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | scapula | scapulae |
| genitive | scapulae | scapulārum |
| dative | scapulae | scapulīs |
| accusative | scapulam | scapulās |
| ablative | scapulā | scapulīs |
| vocative | scapula | scapulae |
Descendants
- English: scapula, scapular, scapulary
- Italian: scapola, scapolare
- Portuguese: escápula
- Romanian: scapulă
- Spanish: escápula, escapular
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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “scapula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- scapula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers