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.
shoulder (v.) Copy link Outline I. To push with the s.s, expr. by circuml. (1.) with humerusII. To take upon the s. • shoulder (v.): I. To push with the s.s, expr. by circuml. (1.) with humerus: they s. each other, humeris connixi inter se trudunt, cf. Virg. Aen. 5, 264: cf. also Hor. Od. 2, 13, 36, densum humeris vulgus (the s.ing crowd). (2.) with umbo, ōnis, m. (the elbow put out as a kind of s.): he leaped into the ship s.ing those who opposed him out of his way, transiluit in navem, umbone obvios agens, Suet. Caes. 68, extr.: fall in with a crowd, he will s. a way for you, in turbam incideris, cuneos umbone repellet, Mart. 3, 46, 5. II. To take upon the s.: expr. by circuml.: *in humeros tollere.
SHOULDER Copy link • SHOULDER 1. s. humerus (of men): armus (in old Latin and the poets denotes the upper arm with the shoulder, but in classical prose it is used only of animals). Shoulder-blade, scapula (usually plur., scapulae): shoulder-bone, os humeri; plur., scoptula, -orum, nominative plur., (Cels., 8, 1; but ed. Almel. reads scutula). Soulder of mutton, *armus vervecinus: broad over the shoulders, latus ab humeris: to carry on the shoulders, humeris portare or gestare (PROP.); humeris gestare (PROP. and figuratively; e.g., universam rempublicam): to carry burdens on the shoulders, onera humeris portare (general term); bajulare (as a porter): to take anybody on one’s shoulders, aliquem in humeros suos efferre (in order to raise him up so as to show him to others); aliquem humeris sublevare (in order to carry him when weary): to take anything upon one’s shoulders, tollere aliquid in humeros (PROP.); suscipere or recipere aliquid (to take anything upon one’s self; recipere with the accessory notion of being responsible for it): he was turned out neck and shoulders, foras deturbatus est (Plaut.); turpiter ejectus est (Ov.). These burdens are removed from the shoulders of the poor to those of the rich, haec onera in dites a pauperibus inclinata sunt. 2. v. aliquid in humeros tollere. To shoulder a gun, *sclopetum humero acclinare.