scopula

Latin scopula (“little broom”)

scopula (plural scopulas or scopulae)

1. A dense tuft of hair, as on the legs of certain insects.

• copulas, cupolas, scapulo-

Borrowed from Latin scōpula, diminutive of scōpa (“broom”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɔ.pu.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔpula
• Hyphenation: scò‧pu‧la

scopula f (plural scopule)

1. (zoology) scopula

• scopa

• scōpulae

scōpa +‎ -ula

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskoː.pu.la/, [ˈs̠koːpʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsko.pu.la/, [ˈskɔːpulä]

scōpula f (genitive scōpulae); first declension

1. Diminutive of scōpa: small broom

First-declension noun.

• → English: scopula
• Italian: scopula

• scopula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.