scapulae
See also: scapulæ
English
Alternative forms
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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈska.pʊ.ɫae̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈskaː.pu.le]
Noun
scapulae f pl (genitive scapulārum); first declension (plural only)
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | scapulae |
| genitive | scapulārum |
| dative | scapulīs |
| accusative | scapulās |
| ablative | scapulīs |
| vocative | scapulae |
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.
- ^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “scapulae”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 489