scapularum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →scapulare, scapularis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
scapular, short cloak, covering for shoulders; one Mary gave to St. Simon Stock;; sword-belt; shoulder-strap;
gen. pl. - Entry →scapula, scapulae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
- Field:
- Bio/medical
shoulder-blades (pl.); shoulder, back; wings (Ecc);
gen. pl.
Examples
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...habemus merito magnas, quom nostris sycophantiis, dolis astutiisque, [scapularum confidentia, virtute ulmorum freti] qui advorsum stimulos, lamminas, crucesque..."Libri XVII-XVIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...infelix lignum, iam debilis, iam pravuset in foedum scapularum ac pectoris tuber elisus, cui multae moriendi causae etiam..."
