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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós), from Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai (“to look at”), from Proto-Indo-European *sḱep-ye-, from a metathesis of *speḱ-. Cognate to Latin speciō (“I see”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsko.pus/, [ˈs̠kɔpʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsko.pus/, [ˈskɔːpus]
Noun[edit]
scopus m (genitive scopī); second declension
- a target
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | scopus | scopī |
Genitive | scopī | scopōrum |
Dative | scopō | scopīs |
Accusative | scopum | scopōs |
Ablative | scopō | scopīs |
Vocative | scope | scopī |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “scopus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scopus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- scopus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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