different between scapulae vs scapulas

English

Alternative forms

• scapulas

Noun

scapulae

1. plural of scapula

Anagrams

• capsulæ, speculaa

Latin

Etymology

Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kap-, a root common to Ancient Greek ?????? (skápt?, “to dig, delve”), ??????? (skapán?, “spade, mattock”), Latvian kaplis (“hoe”) and Albanian kep (“to chisel”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ska.pu.lae?/, [?s?käp???äe?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ska.pu.le/, [?sk??pul?]

Noun

scapulae f pl (genitive scapul?rum); first declension (plural only)

1. (anatomy) shoulder blades

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Noun

scapulae

1. nominative plural of scapula
2. genitive singular of scapula
3. dative singular of scapula
4. vocative plural of scapula

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

English

Alternative forms

• scapulae

Noun

scapulas

1. plural of scapula

Latin

Noun

scapul?s

1. accusative plural of scapula