Ancient Greek

Noun

σκοπός • ‎(skopós) m ‎(genitive σκοποῦ); second declension

1. watcher
2. lookout, protector, guardian
3. spy, scout
4. mark, target
5. goal, aim

Inflection

Descendants

• Latin: scopus
• Translingual: Abroscopus

References

• σκοπός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «σκοπός» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• «σκοπός» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “G4649”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • aim idem, page 21.
  • butt idem, page 107.
  • emissary idem, page 268.
  • guardian idem, page 377.
  • ideal idem, page 413.
  • mark idem, page 514.
  • object idem, page 565.
  • overseer idem, page 586.
  • scout idem, page 741.
  • shot idem, page 769.
  • spy idem, page 807.
  • superintendent idem, page 839.
  • target idem, page 855.
  • watcher idem, page 965.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκοπός ‎(skopós)

Noun

σκοπός • ‎(skopós) m ‎(plural σκοποί)

1. goal (aim, desired result)
2. guard (occupation)
3. tune, melody

Declension

Related terms

• σκόπευση f ‎(skópefsi, “aim, aiming”)
• σκοπευτήριο n ‎(skopeftírio, “rifle range”)
• σκοπευτής m ‎(skopeftís, “marksman”)
• σκοπεύτρια f ‎(skopéftria, “markswoman”)
• σκοπευτικός ‎(skopeftikós, “shooting”)
• σκοπεύω ‎(skopévo, “aim, aim at”)
• σκοπιά f ‎(skopiá, “observation post, watchtower”)