scopa

See also: SCOPA

English

Etymology 1

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

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)

  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 heath

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

  • scōpīlia
  • scōpō
  • scōpula
  • *scōpārium (barn) (British Latin)
    • Proto-Brythonic: *skʉbọr

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