scopus

See also: Scopus

Latin

duae sagittae in scopō (two arrows in a target)

Alternative forms

• scopos

Etymology

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsko.pus/, [ˈskɔ.pʊs]

Noun

scopus m (genitive scopī); second declension

1. a target

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	scopus	scopī
genitive	scopī	scopōrum
dative	scopō	scopīs
accusative	scopum	scopōs
ablative	scopō	scopīs
vocative	scope	scopī

Descendants

• English: scope
• Irish: scóp
• Italian: scopo

References

• scopus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “scopus”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “scopus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)