scapula

See also: scapular, scapulă, and Scapula

English

Etymology

From Late Latin scapula (“shoulder”).

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.

Case	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