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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=scopulus scopuli N M :: [[rock]], [[boulder]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>scŏpŭlus</b>: i, m., = [[σκόπελος]],><br /><b>I</b> a projecting [[point]] of [[rock]]; a [[rock]], [[cliff]], [[crag]], esp. a [[rock]], [[shelf]], [[ledge]] in the [[sea]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit. ([[mostly]] [[poet]].; not in Cic., [[but]]<br /> v. [[infra]], II.; cf.: [[rupes]], [[cautes]]), in the [[sea]]: ut [[pars]] (remigum) ad scopulos allisa interficeretur, Caes. B. C. 3, 27 fin.; id. B. G. 3, 13; Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 166; Verg. G. 3, 261; id. A. 1, 145; 5, 270; Ov. M. 4, 524; 9, 592: frequentes, Juv. 13, 246: vomentes [[aequor]], Luc. 6, 24: immanes, Ov. M. 14, 182; cf. of a [[promontory]], Hor. C. 1, 3, 20; Ov. F. 4, 419: scopuli errantes, of the [[Symplegades]], Val. Fl. 3, 621; 4, 681.—On [[land]]: scopuli rupesque cavae, Verg. G. 3, 253; id. A. 4, 445; 12, 531; Sil. 10, 263; Stat. Th. 7, 665; Val. Fl. 6, 632; of the [[cavern]] of [[Cacus]], Verg. A. 8, 192: [[scopulus]] Mavortis, of the [[Areopagus]], Ov. M. 6, 70: his inmobilior scopulis, of a [[man]] [[hard]] to [[move]], id. ib. 13, 801: scopulis surdior, Hor. C. 3, 7, 21; cf.: [[ferrum]] et scopulos gestare in corde, Ov. M. 7, 33: [[natus]] es e scopulis, id. Tr. 3, 11, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., a [[rock]], = a [[difficulty]], [[danger]], [[harm]], [[evil]], etc. (freq. in Cic.; also commended by him as a [[figure]]): cum [[neque]] Musarum scopulos [[quisquam]] superarat, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 223 Vahl.): qui te ad scopulum e [[tranquillo]] inferat, Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 8: Syrtim patrimonii scopulum libentius dixerim, Cic. de Or. 3, 41, 163: nec tuas [[umquam]] rationes ad eos scopulos, appulisses, ad quos Sex. Titii afflictam navem et in quibus C. Deciani [[naufragium]] fortunarum videres, id. Rab. Perd. 9, 25; id. de Or. 2, 37, 154; id. Rosc. Am. 29, 79: in scopulos vitae incidere, id. Consol. Fragm. 2, p. 489 Orell.: ([[Piso]] et [[Gabinius]]) geminae voragines scopulique rei publicae, id. Pis. 18, 41; cf. Flor. 4, 9, 1: ([[Pompeius]]) Ille [[tremor]] Ponti et piratarum [[scopulus]], Petr. poët. 123, 240: commeatum publicum in scopulos annonae impingere, Quint. Decl. 12, 22: cujus [[tribunal]] [[scopulus]] reorum dicebatur, Val. Max. 3, 7, 9: e scopulo cadere, to be [[ruined]], Amm. 30, 5, 10.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>scŏpŭlus</b>,¹⁰ ī, m. ([[σκόπελος]]),<br /><b>1</b> rocher, roc, roche : Virg. G. 3, 253 ; En. 4, 445 ; 8, 192 ; scopulis surdior Hor. O. 3, 7, 21, [[plus]] insensible que les rochers ; Musarum scopulos [superare] Enn. Ann. 215, triompher des rochers des Muses = parvenir au sommet de l’Hélicon ; [fig.] scopulos in corde gestare Ov. M. 7, 33, avoir un cœur de rocher &#124;&#124; quartier de roc, grosse pierre : Stat. Th. 7, 665 ; Val. Flacc. 6, 632<br /><b>2</b> écueil : C. 3, 27, 2 ; Virg. En. 1, 145 &#124;&#124; [fig.] Cic. de Or. 2, 154, etc. &#124;&#124; [en parl. d’une pers.] destructeur de, fléau : Cic. Pis. 41.
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{{Georges
|georg=scopulus, ī, m. ([[σκόπελος]]), [[jeder]] hohe, hervorragende [[Ort]], [[von]] dem [[herab]] [[man]] [[weit]] in die [[Ferne]] [[sehen]] (σκοπειν) kann, die Bergspitze, der Felsen, I) eig.: A) im allg., Verg. u.a.: [[scopulus]] Mavortis, d.i. der Areshügel [[neben]] der [[Burg]] [[von]] Athen, Ov. [[met]]. 6, 70. – [[bei]] Dicht übh. der große [[Stein]], der [[auf]] die Mauern herabgeschossen wird usw., Val. Flacc.: [[imber]] [[agens]] scopulos, Val. Flacc. – B) insbes., der Felsen im [[oder]] am Meere, die [[Klippe]], ad scopulos allidi, Caes., affligi, Cic.: [[ubi]] ([[Nilus]]) scopulos cautium verberavit, Sen. – scopuli errantes = symplegades (s. symplēgas), Val. Flacc. – poet. v. einem [[Vorgebirge]], infames scopuli, [[Acroceraunia]], Hor.: [[terra]] [[tribus]] scopulis procurrit in [[aequor]], Ov. – im [[Gleichnis]], zur Bezeichnung [[des]] Trotzes und der [[daraus]] entstehenden [[Schwerhörigkeit]], o scopulis undāque ferocior, Ov.: scopulis surdior Icari voces audit, Hor. – II) bildl.: A) im allg.: scopulos et [[ferrum]] gestare in corde, [[von]] einem harten, unbarmherzigen Menschen, Ov.: ad scopulum [[ire]], [[zugrunde]] [[gehen]], Lucr.: ipso [[quoque]] praeturam, ut e celsiore scopulo caderet, affectante, um [[von]] [[einer]] [[desto]] gefährlicheren steilen [[Höhe]] herabzustürzen, Amm. 30, 5, 10. – B) insbes., [[wie]] [[unser]] [[Klippe]], [[als]] [[Sinnbild]] [[des]] Gefährlichen, Unheilbringenden, rationes ad scopulos appellere, Cic.: in hos scopulos incīdere vitae, Cic.: [[ubi]] scopulum offendis [[eius]] modi, ut [[non]] [[modo]] ab [[hoc]] [[crimen]] resilire videas, [[verum]] etc., Cic. – v. Pers., [[Klippe]] = Zugrunderichter, [[vos]], geminae voragines scopulique [[rei]] publicae, v. [[Piso]] u. [[Gabinius]], Cic.: [[scopulus]] et [[nodus]] et [[mora]] publicae securitatis, v. [[Antonius]], [[Flor]].: piratarum [[scopulus]], v. Pompejus, Petron. poët. – III) das [[Ziel]], [[nach]] dem [[man]] schießt, Suet. Dom. 19 Roth u. Ihm. Vgl. [[scopus]].
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=scopulus, i. m. :: 海中石。沙灘。危險。Scopulos in corde gestare 石硬心腸。
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