scopa

See also: SCOPA

English

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin scōpa (“broom”) (Latin scōpae (“twigs, broom”) ). Compare Spanish escoba (“broom”).

Large scopae on the hind legs of Dasypoda sp. bee

Noun

scopa (plural scopae)

Any of various clusters of hair of non-parasitic bees that serve to carry pollen. In parasitic Hymenoptera it refers to a local patch of hairs, regardless of function.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian.

Noun

scopa (uncountable)

(card games) A Neapolitan card game.

Translations

Neapolitan card game

Portuguese: escopa f

Anagrams

Pasco, capos, copsa, pacos, posca

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsko.pa/
Rhymes: -opa
Hyphenation: scó‧pa

Etymology 1

From Latin scōpa.

Noun

scopa f (plural scope, diminutive scopìna or scopìno m or scopétta, augmentative (card game) scopóne, pejorative scopàccia)

broom, besom
(card games) a Neapolitan card game
(botany) briar, tree heat

Related terms

scopaio
scopare
scopatura
scopeto
scopista

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

scopa

inflection of scopare:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

caspo, pasco, posca, scapo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂p- (“to prop”). Cognate with Latin Scīpiō, scāpus, scamnum, cippus, Ancient Greek σκήπτω (skḗptō).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskoː.pa/, [ˈs̠koːpä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsko.pa/, [ˈskɔːpä]

Noun

scōpa f (genitive scōpae); first declension

branch of a plant
(plural, in Classical Latin) broom, besom

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scōpa	scōpae
Genitive	scōpae	scōpārum
Dative	scōpae	scōpīs
Accusative	scōpam	scōpās
Ablative	scōpā	scōpīs
Vocative	scōpa	scōpae

Derived terms

scōpīlia
scōpō
scōpula

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: scopa
- Sicilian: scupa
Padanian:
- Emilian: scova
- Friulian: scove
- Lombard: scoa
- Piedmontese:
  Oriental: scoa, scova
- Romansch: scua
- Venetian: scoa, scova
  - →⇒ Italian: scovolo
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: ècova, ècovo, cova, cuèva, cuìva
- Old French: escove, escobe, escouve
  - ⇒ French: écouvillon
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Aragonese: escoba
- Catalan: escombra (influenced by escombrar)
- Occitan: escoba
Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: escoba
- Galician: escoba
- Portuguese: escova
- Spanish: escoba
  - → Hiligaynon: eskoba
  - → Tagalog: eskoba
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: scova, iscòba, iscopa
Ancient borrowings:
- → Albanian: shqopë
- → Middle Irish: scúap
  - Irish: scuab
  - Manx: skeab
  - Scottish Gaelic: sguab
- → Proto-Brythonic: *ɨskʉb
  - Middle Welsh: ysgub
    - Welsh: ysgub

Verb

scōpā

second-person singular present active imperative of scōpō

References

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