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

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

References

• 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, 1883–1887)
• scopus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette