scopa

See also: SCOPA

English

Etymology 1

Latin scopa (“broom”).

Noun

scopa (plural scopae)

Any of various body parts 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

Italian

Noun

scopa (uncountable)

(card games) A Neapolitan card game.

Translations

a Neapolitan card game

Portuguese: escopa f

Anagrams

Pasco, capos, pacos, posca

Italian

Etymology

From Latin scopa.

Noun

scopa f (plural scope)

Related terms

Verb

scopa

third-person singular present indicative of scopare
second-person singular imperative of scopare

Anagrams

pasco, scapo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *skap-. Cognate with Latin Scipiō, scapus, scamnum, cippus, Ancient Greek σκήπτω (skḗptō).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskoː.pa/

Noun

scōpa f (genitive scōpae); first declension

branch of a plant
(plural) broom, besom

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	scōpa	scōpae
genitive	scōpae	scōpārum
dative	scōpae	scōpīs
accusative	scōpam	scōpās
ablative	scōpā	scōpīs
vocative	scōpa	scōpae

Derived terms

Descendants

Asturian: escoba
Catalan: escombra
Friulian: scove
Irish: scuab
Italian: scopa
Occitan: escoba
Old French: escove, escobe, escouve

Portuguese: escova
Romansh: scua
Sardinian: scova, iscòba, iscopa
Sicilian: scupa
Spanish: escoba
Venetian: scoa, scova
Welsh: ysgub

Verb

scōpā

second-person singular present active imperative of scōpō

References

scopa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
scopa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
scopa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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