LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

scopus

scopus m (genitive scopī)
Classical[ˈskɔ.pʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈskɔː.pus]

Meaning

  1. masculinea target

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativescopusscopī
genitivescopīscopōrum
dativescopōscopīs
accusativescopumscopōs
ablativescopōscopīs
vocativescopescopī

scŏpus, i, m., = σκοπός,
I. a goal, target: in pueri procul stantis, praebentisque pro scopo dispansam dextrae manūs palmam, sagittas direxit, Suet. Dom. 19 (dub.; Roth, scopulo; cf. σκοπός, in trop. sense, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 2).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  4. Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι(sképtomai)
  5. Latinscopus

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós)bor. Latin scopus Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós), from Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai (“to look at”), from Proto-Indo-European *sḱep-ye-, from a metathesis of *speḱ-. Cognate to Latin speciō (“to see”).

Descendants
  • GermanSkopus
  • Italianscopo
  • Englishscopefrom Italian scopo
  • Portugueseescopo
  • Spanishescopo
  • Irishscópfrom Italian scopo

In English words that came into English from scopus

  • scopescopus

Quick answers

What does scopus mean in Latin?
scopus, a noun, means “a target”.
What is the genitive of scopus?
The genitive singular is scopī. scopus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce scopus?
In classical Latin, [ˈskɔ.pʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈskɔː.pus].
Where does scopus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- → Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti → Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai → Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) → Latin scopus.