scopus

From LSJ

κεντέω τὸν πῶλον περὶ τὴν νύσσαν → of impetuous haste, goad the foal around the turning post

Source

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(1) scŏpus,¹⁶ ī, m. (σκοπός), but (cible) : *Suet. Dom. 19 || [fig.] Cassian. Coll. 1, 5.
(2) scōpus, c. scopio : Varro R. 1, 54, 2, v. Keil.

Latin > German (Georges)

scopus, ī, m. (σκοπός), das Ziel, nach dem man schießt, Suet. Dom. 19 (Roth u. Ihm lesen scopulus, w. s.): übtr., nos ad hunc scopum dirigere, Cassian. coll. 1, 5.

Latin > Chinese

scopus, i. m. :: 把子正的正鵠志向