SCOPE Copy link • SCOPEEnd, aim, propositum: is, qui mihi est or fuit propositus, exitus: finis (the highest end, whether attained or not): ☞ not scopus in this sense; Cic. uses the Greek σκοπός in his epistles: so Macrobius, ipsum propositum, quem Graeci σκοπὸν vocant. To propose to one’s self a scope, finem sibi proponere, spectare aliquid or ad aliquid: to miss one’s scope, a proposito aberrare; propositum non consequi. Room, space, spatium: locus: laxitas [SYN. in SPACE, ROOM]. Field for anything, campus; e.g., scope for a speech, in quo oratio exsultare possit (i. e., where it can display itself). There is large scope for his activity, latissime manat ejus industria: he has free scope, libero egressu memorare potest (of an historian, relative to his subject). Vid: also, FIELD