different between scopes vs optics

English

Noun

scopes

1. plural of scope

Verb

scopes

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scope

Anagrams

• copses

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (skôpes).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sko?.pes/, [?s?ko?p?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sko.pes/, [?sk??p?s]

Noun

sc?p?s f pl (genitive sc?pum); third declension

1. a kind of owl

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sko?.pe?s/, [?s?ko?pe?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sko.pes/, [?sk??p?s]

Verb

sc?p?s

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of sc?p?

References

• scopes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scopes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??pt?ks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??pt?ks/

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin opticus (“optic, optical”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (optikós), equivalent to optic +? -ics.

Noun

optics (uncountable)

1. (physics) The physics of light and vision.
2. The light-related aspects of a device.
3. (figuratively) Perception, image, public relations.

Alternative forms

• opticks (obsolete)

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

optics

1. plural of optic

Anagrams

• copist, cops it, picots, postic, topics