What is the Latin word for scope?

The usual Latin words for “scope” are prōpōnō, exeō, fīnis; also spatium, locus, laxitās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“scope” in Latin

prōpōnōto set forth, to put forth, to lay out; to expose to view, display; to make known exeōto exit, depart, go forth, come forth; to avoid, evade; to escape fīnisend; limit, border, bound boundary, frontier; boundaries, bounds, frontiers; by extension, territory, region, lands spatiumspace, room, extent; distance between points; a square, walk, or promenade locusplace (referring to a specific location); a passage of literature; opportunity; cause; occasion; grounds laxitāswidth, spaciousness, roominess campusOpen flat level ground: a plain, a natural field; Any flat or level surface; a specific plain or field north of Rome’s w Măcrŏbĭusa Roman grammarian at the end of the fourth century, author of a commentary on Cicero's scopusa target

The English word scope itself goes back to Latin scopus.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

scope

End, aim, propositum: is, qui mihi est or fuit propositus, exitus: finis (the highest end, whether attained or not): ☞ not scopus in this sense; Cic. uses the Greek σκοπός in his epistles: so Macrobius, ipsum propositum, quem Graeci σκοπὸν vocant. To propose to one’s self a scope, finem sibi proponere, spectare aliquid or ad aliquid: to miss one’s scope, a proposito aberrare; propositum non consequi.

Room, space, spatium: locus: laxitas [SYN. in SPACE, ROOM].

Field for anything, campus; e.g., scope for a speech, in quo oratio exsultare possit (i. e., where it can display itself). There is large scope for his activity, latissime manat ejus industria: he has free scope, libero egressu memorare potest (of an historian, relative to his subject). Vid: also, FIELD

Scope

Scope, -es (f.)

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for scope?: The usual Latin words for “scope” are prōpōnō, exeō, fīnis; also spatium, locus, laxitās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.