scăpŭlae | scăpŭla, ae (noun F) :
* The shoulder-blades, in men and animals.
* 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.
* Transf.
* 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.
* Of inanim. things: machinae,shoulder-pieces, cheeks,Vitr. 10, 3: montium,the higher ridges,Tert. Pall. 2.
* Sing.: , , the shoulder (late Lat.): panem imposuit scapulae ejus,Vulg. Gen. 21, 14; id. Zach. 7, 11.