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)

  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

References
  1. scopo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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

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.
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