scapula

See also: scapular, scapulă, and Scapula

English

Etymology

From Late Latin scapula (“shoulder”).

Pronunciation

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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.

Synonyms

• shoulder blade

Derived terms

• scapular
• scapulary
• suprascapula

Translations

large flat bone — see shoulder blade

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

Anagrams

• capsula

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈska.pu.la/, [ˈs̠käpʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈska.pu.la/, [ˈskäːpulä]

Noun

scapula f (genitive scapulae); first declension

1. (anatomy) A shoulder blade, scapula

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	scapula	scapulae
genitive	scapulae	scapulārum
dative	scapulae	scapulīs
accusative	scapulam	scapulās
ablative	scapulā	scapulīs
vocative	scapula	scapulae

Derived terms

• scapulāre
• scapulāris
• scapulārium
• scapulārus

Descendants

• Catalan: escàpula
• English: scapula, scapular, scapulary
• Galician: escápula
• 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 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