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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>scōpa</b>: ae, and plur.: scōpae, ārum (cf. on plur., Varr. L. L. 8, § 7 Müll.; 10, § 24 ib.; Quint. 1, 5, 16; [[Charis]]. p. 20 P.; 72 ib.; Diom. p. 315 ib.; sing.,<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. [[infra]], B.), f. [[root]] skap-, to [[support]]; cf.: [[scipio]], [[scamnum]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[thin]] branches, twigs, shoots ([[rare]]), [[Cato]], R. R. 152; Pall. 3, 24, 8; 4, 9, 12; Auct. B. Afr. 47, 5; Plin. 20, 22, 89, § 241; 22, 18, 21, § 46 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.: scō-pa rēgĭa, a [[plant]], a [[species]] of the goosefoot: Chenopodium scoparia, Linn.; Plin. 21, 6, 15, § 28; 25, 5, 19, § 44.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]]., a [[broom]], [[besom]] made of twigs ([[class]]. in plur.): munditias [[volo]] fieri: efferte huc scopas, etc., Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 23; 2, 2, 27; 2, 2, 51; Petr. 34, 3; Hor. S. 2, 4, 81: scopis mundata, swept, Vulg. Luc. 11, 25: in scopā, id. Isa. 14, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Prov.: scopas dissolvere, to [[untie]] a [[broom]], i. e. to [[throw]] [[any]] [[thing]] [[into]] [[disorder]] or [[confusion]], Cic. Or. 71, 235; [[hence]], scopae solutae, of a [[man]] in [[utter]] [[perplexity]], id. Att. 7, 13, b, 6.<br /><b>scŏpa</b>: ae, f., = [[σκοπή]],><br /><b>I</b> a [[speculation]], [[theory]], Mart. Cap. 8, § 812.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>scŏpa</b>, æ, f. ([[σκοπή]]), observation : Capel. 8, 842.<br />(2) <b>scōpa</b>, æ, f.,<br /><b>1</b> balai : Vulg. Is. 14, 24, v. scopæ<br /><b>2</b> [[scopa]] [[regia]] Plin. 21, 28, millefeuille [plante].
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{{Georges
|georg=(1) [[scopa]]<sup>1</sup>, ae, f. ([[σκοπή]]), das Spähen, die [[Umschau]], Plur. [[bei]] Mart. Cap. 8. § 812.<br />'''(2)''' scōpa<sup>2</sup>, ae, f., I) der dünne [[Zweig]], das [[Reis]], am Baume, an Kräutern usw., [[scopa]] [[regia]] u. Plur. [[scopae]] regiae, eine [[Pflanze]], [[nach]] [[Sprengel]] der besenartige Gänsefuß (Chenopodium scoparia, L.), Plin. 21, 28 u. 25, 44. – [[öfter]] der Plur. [[von]] den Zweigen (Büscheln) [[des]] Wermuts, Spargels u. anderer Kräuter, Naev., Plin. u. Auct. b. Afr. – II) meton., Plur. scōpae, ārum, f., der (aus mehreren Reisern gebildete) [[Besen]] (wo [[natürlich]] der Sing. [[falsch]] wäre, [[wie]] [[schon]] [[Varro]] LL. 10, 24 u. Quint. 1, 5, 16 [[angeben]]; [[doch]] Sing. Vulg. Isai. 14, 32; vgl. [[Charis]]. 32, 22 sq. [[scopae]], [[σάρος]], dicimus [[tamen]] et [[scopa]]), myrti [[folia]], ex [[qua]] fiunt [[scopae]], Plin.: [[unae]] [[scopae]], [[ein]] [[Besen]], [[Varro]] LL.: [[scopae]] viles, Hor.: cape illas scopas, converre, Plaut.: [[limen]] deverrere scopis, [[Varro]] fr.: [[argentum]] [[inter]] [[reliqua]] purgamenta scopis coepit everrere, Petron. – Sprichw., scopas dissolvere, die Reiser [[des]] Besens auseinandernehmen, d.i. eine [[Sache]] ihrer [[Ordnung]] u. [[Zusammenfügung]] [[berauben]], Cic. or. 235: dah. [[scopae]] solutae, auseinandergenommener [[Besen]] = [[ein]] alberner u. unnützer [[Mensch]], Cic. ad Att. 7, 13. litt. b. § 2.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=scopa scopae N F :: butcher's broom (shrub); branches/sprigs tied together (pl.); broom (sweeping)
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