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|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.; | |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 /> <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 /> <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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scōpa: 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.,
I
v. infra, B.), f. root skap-, to support; cf.: scipio, scamnum.
I 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.—
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.—
II 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.—
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.
scŏpa: ae, f., = σκοπή,>
I a speculation, theory, Mart. Cap. 8, § 812.
