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scopa

See also: SCOPA

English

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Etymology 1

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

 
Large scopae on the hind legs of Dasypoda sp. bee

Noun

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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

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Borrowed from Italian.

Noun

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scopa (uncountable)

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

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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From Latin scōpa.

Noun

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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
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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scopa

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

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Latin

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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scōpa f (genitive scōpae); first declension

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

Declension

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First-declension noun.

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

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Verb

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scōpā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of scōpō

References

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  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

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Noun

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sċopa

  1. genitive plural of sċop
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