scopulus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκόπελος (skópelos, “lookout place: hence peak, headland, promontory”), from σκοπέω (skopéō). Compare specula and specus, from the same root.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsko.pu.lus/, [ˈskɔ.pʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

scopulus m (genitive scopulī); second declension

  1. crag (projecting rock)
  2. rock (in/under the sea)

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scopulus scopulī
Genitive scopulī scopulōrum
Dative scopulō scopulīs
Accusative scopulum scopulōs
Ablative scopulō scopulīs
Vocative scopule scopulī

Derived terms
  • scopulōsus

Descendants
  • Franco-Provençal: escueyll
  • Ligurian: schêuggio
  • Sicilian: scogghiu
  • Spanish: escoyo
  • Venetian: scogio, scojo

References
  • scopulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scopulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scopulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • scopulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the ship strikes on the rocks: navis ad scopulos alliditur (B. C. 3. 27)
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