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Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι → Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, Phaedo 64a.5)
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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.
