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Italian
Etymology 1
From Late Latin scopus (“target”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskɔ.po/
- 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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
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
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō, “look (out) for”).
Verb
scopō (present infinitive scopere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stem
- to probe, look into, search
Conjugation
Etymology 2
From scōpae (“broom”).
Verb
scōpō (present infinitive scōpāre, perfect active scōpāvī, supine scōpātum); first conjugation
- to brush or sweep away
Conjugation
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.