Scorpion
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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From the animal scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).
Proper noun[edit]
the Scorpion
- The constellation and zodiacal sign Scorpio.
- 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- And now thir way to Earth they had descri'd, / To Paradise first tending, when behold / Satan in likeness of an Angel bright / Betwixt the Centaure and the Scorpion stearing / His Zenith, while the Sun in Aries rose […]
- 1821, Thomas Kerigan, The young navigator's guide to the sidereal and planetary parts of nautical astronomy (page 73)
- Ras Alhague is […] nearly due north of Lesath, in the tail of the Scorpion, at the distance of 51 degrees: […]
- 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 123:
- Smiling proudly, he glanced outward at the country, which was still invisible except as a dark movement in the darkness; then upwards at the sky, where the stars of the sprawling Scorpion had begun to pale.
Noun[edit]
Scorpion (plural Scorpions)
Adjective[edit]
Scorpion (not comparable)
Translations[edit]
of the Scorpio star sign
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Scorpion m
See also[edit]
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Lion ♌︎ | Vierge ♍︎ | Balance ♎︎ | Scorpion ♏︎ | ||||||||
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Sagittaire ♐︎ | Capricorne ♑︎ | Verseau ♒︎ | Poissons ♓︎ |
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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).
Proper noun[edit]
Scorpion
- Scorpio (constellation)
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