Scorpio

See also: scorpio

Translingual

Scorpio palmatus

Etymology

Latin scorpiō (“a type of scorpion”)

Proper noun

Scorpio m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Scorpionidae – deep-burrowing scorpions of the Middle East and north Africa.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Scorpiones – order; Neoscorpionina – suborder; Scorpionidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Scorpio maurus - type species; for other species see Scorpionidae at The Scorpion Files.

Derived terms

• Buthoscorpio
• †Mioscorpio
• †Uintascorpio

References

• Scorpio maurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scorpio on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Scorpio on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Scorpionidae at The Scorpion Files

English

Signs of the Zodiac

Libra		Sagittarius
English Wikipedia has an article about Scorpio.

Etymology

From Latin scorpiō (“scorpion”). Doublet of scorpion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskɔːpɪəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈskɔːɹpɪoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Scorpio (symbol ♏︎)

2. (astronomy) Scorpius.
   • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), pages 485-486:

     Earlier, he watched Orion’s killer Scorpio prowling around in the western sky.

4. (astrology) The zodiac sign for the scorpion, ruled by Mars and covering October 23 - November 22 (tropical astrology) or November 16 - December 15 (sidereal astrology).

Translations

constellation — see Scorpius

astrological sign

• Afrikaans: Skerpioen
• Albanian: Akrepi m
• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْعَقْرَب (burj al-ʕaqrab), اَلْعَقْرَب m (al-ʕaqrab)
• Armenian: Կարիճ (Karič)
• Asturian: Escorpión
• Azerbaijani: Əqrəb
• Breton: Krug
• Bulgarian: Скорпио́н m (Skorpión)
• Burmese: ဗြိစ္ဆာ (my) (brichca)
• Catalan: Escorpió (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 天蠍座 / 天蝎座 (tin¹ kit³ zo⁶)

  Mandarin: 天蠍座 / 天蝎座 (zh) (Tiānxiēzuò)

• Cornish: an Skorpion ?
• Czech: Štír (cs) m
• Danish: Skorpionen
• Dutch: Schorpioen (nl) m
• Estonian: Skorpion (et)
• Finnish: Skorpioni (fi)
• French: Scorpion (fr) m
• Georgian: ღრიანკალი (ɣrianḳali)
• German: Skorpion (de) m
• Greek: Σκορπιός (el) m (Skorpiós)

  Ancient: Σκορπίος m (Skorpíos)

• Hebrew: עַקְרָב (he) m ('akráv)
• Hindi: वृश्चिक (hi) m (vŕścik)
• Hungarian: Skorpió (hu)
• Irish: an Scairp f
• Italian: Scorpione (it) m
• Japanese: 天蝎宮 (ja) (てんかつきゅう, tenkatsukyū)
• Kazakh: Сарышаян (Saryşaän)
• Khmer: វិច្ឆិកា (km) (vɨcchekaa)
• Korean: 천갈궁(天蠍宮) (ko) (Cheon'galgung)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Dûpişk (ku)

• Luxembourgish: Skorpioun (lb) m
• Macedonian: скорпија f (skorpija)
• Malay: Kala, Akrab, Skorpio
• Maltese: Skorpjun m
• Norwegian: Skorpionen (no) m
• Odia: ବିଛା (or) (bichhā)
• Ottoman Turkish: عقرب (ʼakreb)
• Persian: کژدم (fa) (každom)
• Polish: Skorpion (pl) m
• Portuguese: Escorpião (pt) m
• Romanian: Scorpion (ro) m
• Russian: Скорпио́н (ru) m (Skorpión)
• Sanskrit: वृश्चिक (sa) m (vṛścika)
• Scottish Gaelic: an Sgairp f, an Nathair-nimhe f
• Slovak: Škorpión m, Šťúr m
• Slovene: Škorpijon (sl) m
• Spanish: Escorpio (es)
• Swahili: Akarabu, Nge
• Swedish: Skorpionen (sv) c
• Tagalog: Alakdan
• Tajik: Ақраб (Aqrab)
• Telugu: వృశ్చికరాశి (te) (vr̥ścikarāśi), వృశ్చికము (te) (vr̥ścikamu), వృశ్చికం (te) (vr̥ścikaṁ)
• Thai: พิจิก (pí-jìk)
• Turkish: Akrep (tr)
• Ukrainian: Скорпіо́н m (Skorpión)
• Uzbek: Aqrab
• Welsh: y Sgorpion m or f

Noun

Scorpio (plural Scorpios)

1. Someone with a Scorpio star sign

   Antonym: Taurus

Translations

Someone with a Scorpio star sign

• Bulgarian: скорпио́н (bg) m (skorpión)
• Catalan: escorpió (ca) m or f, escorpí (ca) m or f
• Danish: skorpion (da) c
• Dutch: Schorpioen (nl)
• Estonian: skorpion (et)
• Hindi: वृश्चिक (hi) m (vŕścik)
• Macedonian: скорпија f (skorpija)
• Portuguese: escorpiano m (Brazil), escorpião (pt) m (Portugal)
• Spanish: escorpiano m (Argentina, Uruguay)
• Ukrainian: скорпіо́н m (skorpión)

See also

Zodiac signs and symbols (layout · text)
Aries	Taurus	Gemini	Cancer
Leo	Virgo	Libra	Scorpio
Sagittarius	Capricorn	Aquarius	Pisces

Latin

Alternative forms

• Scorpius

Etymology

From scorpi|ō, ~ōnis (“scorpion”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈskɔr.pi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈskɔr.pi.o]
• Hyphenation: Scor‧pi‧ō

Proper noun

Scorpiō m sg (genitive Scorpiōnis); third declension

2. Scorpius, one of the constellations of the Zodiac

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Scorpiō
genitive	Scorpiōnis
dative	Scorpiōnī
accusative	Scorpiōnem
ablative	Scorpiōne
vocative	Scorpiō

See also

Zodiac signs in Latin · zōdiacus (layout · text)
Ariēs	Taurus	Geminī	Cancer
Leō	Virgō	Lībra	Scorpiō
Sagittārius	Capricornus	Aquārius	Piscēs