scopo
See also: scopò
Italian
Etymology 1
From Late Latin scopus (“target”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskɔ.po/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔpo
- Hyphenation: scò‧po
Noun
scopo m (plural scopi)
- 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.
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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
- first-person singular present indicative of scopare
References
- scopo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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
- I probe, look into, search.
Conjugation
Conjugation of scopō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem) | |||||||
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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
- I brush or sweep away.
Conjugation
Conjugation of scōpō (first conjugation) | |||||||
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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
- Friulian: scovâ
- Italian: scopare
- Occitan: escobar
- Portuguese: escovar
- Sicilian: scupari
- Spanish: escobar
- Venetian: 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