scopo

See also: scopò

Italian

Etymology 1

From Late Latin scopus (“target”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɔ.po/
• Rhymes: -ɔpo
• Hyphenation: scò‧po

Noun

scopo m (plural scopi)

1. aim, end, goal

   Synonyms: fine, intento, meta, motivo, obiettivo, ragione

   Per quale scopo? ― For what purpose?

   È privo di scopo. ― It's pointless.

   • 1947, Primo Levi, “Sul fondo”, in Se questo è un uomo [If This Is a Man], Torino: Einaudi, published 1987, →ISBN, page 31:

     Le cuccette sono rifatte, ma ci hanno severamente proibito di toccarle e di sedervi sopra: così ci aggiriamo senza scopo per metà della giornata nel breve spazio disponibile, ancora tormentati dalla sete furiosa del viaggio.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• → English: scope
  • → Irish: scóp

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsko.po/
• Rhymes: -opo
• Hyphenation: scó‧po

Verb

scopo

1. first-person singular present indicative of scopare

Anagrams

• scoop

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō, “look (out) for”).

Verb

scopō (present infinitive scopere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem

1. to probe, look into, search

Conjugation

Conjugation of scopō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	scopō	scopis	scopit	scopimus	scopitis	scopunt
	imperfect	scopēbam	scopēbās	scopēbat	scopēbāmus	scopēbātis	scopēbant
	future	scopam	scopēs	scopet	scopēmus	scopētis	scopent
passive	present	scopor	scoperis, scopere	scopitur	scopimur	scopiminī	scopuntur
	imperfect	scopēbar	scopēbāris, scopēbāre	scopēbātur	scopēbāmur	scopēbāminī	scopēbantur
	future	scopar	scopēris, scopēre	scopētur	scopēmur	scopēminī	scopentur
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	scopam	scopās	scopat	scopāmus	scopātis	scopant
	imperfect	scoperem	scoperēs	scoperet	scoperēmus	scoperētis	scoperent
passive	present	scopar	scopāris, scopāre	scopātur	scopāmur	scopāminī	scopantur
	imperfect	scoperer	scoperēris, scoperēre	scoperētur	scoperēmur	scoperēminī	scoperentur
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	scope	—	—	scopite	—
	future	—	scopitō	scopitō	—	scopitōte	scopuntō
passive	present	—	scopere	—	—	scopiminī	—
	future	—	scopitor	scopitor	—	—	scopuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		scopere	—	—	scopī	—	—
participles		scopēns	—	—	—	—	scopendus, scopundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		scopendī	scopendō	scopendum	scopendō	—	—

Etymology 2

From scōpae (“broom”).

Verb

scōpō (present infinitive scōpāre, perfect active scōpāvī, supine scōpātum); first conjugation

1. to brush or sweep away

Conjugation

Conjugation of scōpō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	scōpō	scōpās	scōpat	scōpāmus	scōpātis	scōpant
	imperfect	scōpābam	scōpābās	scōpābat	scōpābāmus	scōpābātis	scōpābant
	future	scōpābō	scōpābis	scōpābit	scōpābimus	scōpābitis	scōpābunt
	perfect	scōpāvī	scōpāvistī	scōpāvit	scōpāvimus	scōpāvistis	scōpāvērunt, scōpāvēre
	pluperfect	scōpāveram	scōpāverās	scōpāverat	scōpāverāmus	scōpāverātis	scōpāverant
	future perfect	scōpāverō	scōpāveris	scōpāverit	scōpāverimus	scōpāveritis	scōpāverint
passive	present	scōpor	scōpāris, scōpāre	scōpātur	scōpāmur	scōpāminī	scōpantur
	imperfect	scōpābar	scōpābāris, scōpābāre	scōpābātur	scōpābāmur	scōpābāminī	scōpābantur
	future	scōpābor	scōpāberis, scōpābere	scōpābitur	scōpābimur	scōpābiminī	scōpābuntur
	perfect	scōpātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	scōpātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	scōpātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	scōpem	scōpēs	scōpet	scōpēmus	scōpētis	scōpent
	imperfect	scōpārem	scōpārēs	scōpāret	scōpārēmus	scōpārētis	scōpārent
	perfect	scōpāverim	scōpāverīs	scōpāverit	scōpāverīmus	scōpāverītis	scōpāverint
	pluperfect	scōpāvissem	scōpāvissēs	scōpāvisset	scōpāvissēmus	scōpāvissētis	scōpāvissent
passive	present	scōper	scōpēris, scōpēre	scōpētur	scōpēmur	scōpēminī	scōpentur
	imperfect	scōpārer	scōpārēris, scōpārēre	scōpārētur	scōpārēmur	scōpārēminī	scōpārentur
	perfect	scōpātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	scōpātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	scōpā	—	—	scōpāte	—
	future	—	scōpātō	scōpātō	—	scōpātōte	scōpantō
passive	present	—	scōpāre	—	—	scōpāminī	—
	future	—	scōpātor	scōpātor	—	—	scōpantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		scōpāre	scōpāvisse	scōpātūrum esse	scōpārī	scōpātum esse	scōpātum īrī
participles		scōpāns	—	scōpātūrus	—	scōpātus	scōpandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		scōpandī	scōpandō	scōpandum	scōpandō	scōpātum	scōpātū

Descendants

• Franco-Provençal: ècovar
• Friulian: scovâ
• Italian: scopare
• Occitan: escobar
• Portuguese: escovar
• Sicilian: scupari
• Spanish: escobar
• Venetan: scoar, scovar

References

• “scopo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scopo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.