scopo

See also: scopò

Italian

Etymology 1

From Late Latin scopus (“target”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈskɔ.po/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔpo

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.
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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsko.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

  1. I probe, look into, search.
Inflection
   Conjugation of scopo (third conjugation, defective)
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
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
scopere scopendī scopendō scopendum — —

Etymology 2

From scōpae (“broom”).

Verb

scōpō (present infinitive scōpāre, perfect active scōpāvī, supine scōpātum); first conjugation

  1. I brush or sweep away.
Inflection
   Conjugation of scopo (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 scōpāverimus scōpāveritis 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 scōpātūrus esse scōpārī scōpātus esse scōpātum īrī
participles scōpāns — scōpātūrus — scōpātus scōpandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
scōpāre scōpandī scōpandō scōpandum scōpātum scōpātū

Descendants
  • 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
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