Scapula

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Scăpŭla, ae, m., a Roman surname.

I A partisan of Pompey , the main instigator of the Spanish war , Auct. B. Hisp. 33; Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 1.—

II A usurer in the time of Cicero , Cic. Quint. 4, 17.

III —Hence, Scă-pŭlānus , a, um, adj., named after one Scapula : horti, Cic. Att. 12, 40, 4.

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