shoulder (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. hŭmĕrus (of a man; rarely used of a quadruped)2. armus (gen. of an animal; v. rarely used of a man) • shoulder (subs.): 1. hŭmĕrus (of a man; rarely used of a quadruped): the arrows hung from his s., sagittae pendebant ab humero, Cic. Verr. 4, 34, 74: that their arms and s.s might be free to wield their weapons, ut brachia atque h. ad sustinenda arma liberi essent, Caes. B. G. 7, 56: broad in the s.s, latus ab humeris, Suet. Tib. 68: the strength and breadth of their s.s (of oxen) were made for dragging ploughs, vires humerorum et latitudines natae sunt ad aratra trahenda, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 159. Fig.: to bear up the state on one's s.s, rem publicam humeris sustinere, id. Flacc. 37, 94. 2. armus (gen. of an animal; v. rarely used of a man): cf. Ov. M. 10, 700, ex humeris [hominis] armi [leonis] fiunt (of a man metamorphosed into a lion): Plin.: rarely of a human s., Virg. Aen. 11, 645. Phr.: to put any one out of doors by the s.s, aliquem capite protrudere foras, Phaedr. 5, 7, extr.: I have taken up a weight too heavy for my s.s, *plus oneris quam pro viribus meis sustuli.