scapulae

• scapulas

scapulae

1. plural of scapula

• capsulæ

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]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈska.pʊ.ɫae̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈskaː.pu.le]

scapulae f pl (genitive scapulārum); first declension (plural only)

1. (anatomy) shoulder blades

First-declension noun, plural only.

scapulae

1. inflection of scapula:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive/dative singular

• “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.