scopa

scopa

See also: SCOPA

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin scōpa (broom) (Classical 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 scopa and Neapolitan scopa.

Noun

scopa (uncountable)

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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

    Inherited 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
    Derived terms

    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 *skōpā, 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. (Classical Latin, in the plural) 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), “scōpae”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 546

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    Old English

    Noun

    sċopa

    1. genitive plural of sċop