Middle English Dictionary Entry
homoplate n.
Entry Info
| Forms | homoplate n. Also homoplata. |
| Etymology | ML; from Gr. components. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Shoulder blade; (b) the two shoulder blades; (c) pl. & coll. the shoulders, the area around the shoulders.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)97a/b : Of fracture of þe furcle And of þe bone of þe spald And of alle þe homoplate, i. shuldrebone.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)29b/b : Os spatule, þat is on ynglisch, þe spaude boon; and of olde men þe same boon was clepid homoplata.
- ?a1500 *Mondeville (Peterh 118)26a/a : Os Spatule..ys cleped of olde men homoplata, of þe whiche þe partie behynde ys enclined towarde þe rigge bone.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)142b/a : Of sikenez of homoplate [*Ch.(2): schulder blades; L homoplatis] & of þe armez. In þe homoplata [L homoplate] ar no propre sikenez bot as to þe armez & þe fyngerez.
c
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)74b/b : Of wondes of homoplatez i. shuldrez [*Ch.(2): the schulder blades; L homoplatis] & of þe armez.
- c1475(1392) *MS Wel.564 (Wel 564)29b/a : Þese þre latyn wordis, þat is to seye, humerus, homoplata, & spatula, ben al oon þing and ben as muche to seie on ynglisch as þe schuldre or the schuldre blad.
- ?a1500 *Mondeville (Peterh 118)25b/b : Humerus, homoplata, spatula, þe shulders, þei beþ all one; Þe shulders ys a partie of þe body þat protendeþ fro þe neckke ouer eyþer syde to eyþer arme aboue þe ouer partie of þe breste.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. homoplata.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: Med., etc., see further J.Norri, Dictionary of Medical Vocabulary, s.v. homoplate.