scopa

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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)

  1. 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)

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  1. (card games) A Neapolitan card game.
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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsko.pa/
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  • 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)

  1. broom, besom
  2. (card games) a Neapolitan card game
  3. (botany) briar, tree heat

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

scopa

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

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *skōpās, from *skeh₂p- (to prop). Cognate with Ancient Greek σκήπτω (skḗptō, to prop up), Latvian šķēps (spear, javelin), English shaft.[1] Compare also Scīpiō, scāpus, cippus.

Pronunciation

Noun

scōpa f (genitive scōpae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative scōpa scōpae
genitive scōpae scōpārum
dative scōpae scōpīs
accusative scōpam scōpās
ablative scōpā scōpīs
vocative scōpa scōpae

Derived terms

Descendants

Verb

scōpā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of scōpō

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 546

Old English

Noun

sċopa

  1. genitive plural of sċop