The corpus record — Latin

scapulae

shoulder-blades

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Where it lives

In Eutropium 1 · 1.39/10k
De Medicina 10 · 0.98/10k
Phormio 1 · 0.92/10k
Excerpta Controversiae 1 · 0.47/10k
De Ira 1 · 0.45/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.37/10k
De Architectura 2 · 0.35/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k
Controversiae 1 · 0.15/10k
Adversus Marcionem 1 · 0.12/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. scapulae — de Vaan

scapulae 'shoulder-blades' [f.pl. a] (Naev.+) Pit. *skap-elo-. It. cognates: U. scapla [accsg.] 'shoufder(-blade)\ A semantic connection between "shoulder-blade" and 'shovel, spade' is quite natural, due to the form of a shoulder-blade. LIV derives scapulae from a root *(s)kep- from which Gr. κόπτω 'to hit1, Slav, kapati 'to dig' are derived, but Latin -a- cannot be explained from such a root Scapulae may belong to … — [de Vaan, s.v. scapulae, p. 557]

2. scăpŭlae — Lewis & Short

scăpŭlae, ārum, f.,

I the shoulder-blades, in men and animals.

I Lit., Cels. 8, 1 med.; Plin. 21, 21, 89, § 155; 30, 14, 43, § 125; Ov. A. A. 3, 273; Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 5; Plin. 11, 29, 35, § 107 al.—

II Transf.

A The shoulders, back, in gen.: qui saepe ante in nostras scapulas cicatrices indiderunt, have cut me over the shoulders, Plaut. As. 3, 2, 7; 2, 2, 49; id. Cas. 5, 3, 14; id. Ep. 1, 2, 22; id. Poen. 1, 1, 25; id. Pers. 1, 1, 32; id. Trin. 4, 3, 2; id. Truc. 4, 3, 19; Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 26; Sen. Ira, 3, 12, 5: pro scapulis cum dicit Cato, significat pro injuriă verberum. Nam complures leges erant in cives rogatae, quibus sanciebatur poena verberum, etc., Fest. p. 234 Müll.—

B Of inanim. things: machinae, shoulder-pieces, cheeks, Vitr. 10, 3: montium, the higher ridges, Tert. Pall. 2.—

C Sing.: scăpŭla, ae, the shoulder (late Lat.): panem imposuit scapulae ejus, Vulg. Gen. 21, 14; id. Zach. 7, 11.

In the wild

scapulas Claudian, In Eutropium 1.76
scapulas Vitruvius, De Architectura 10.2.3
scapulas Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 2.20
scapulas Celsus, De Medicina 8.1.p6
scapulas Celsus, De Medicina 8.10.p2
scapulas Petronius, Satyricon 64

6 of 26 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. scapulae (scan pp. 557-558; entry #1561). Root candidates: *skat-, *skeHt-.
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. scapulae (scan p. 624; entry #10270).

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