Scorpion

See also: scorpion

English

The constellation Scorpio(n)

Etymology

From the animal scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).

Noun

Scorpion (plural Scorpions)

1. The constellation and zodiacal sign Scorpio.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:

     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 […].

   • 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.

2. Someone with the Scorpio star sign

Adjective

Scorpion (not comparable)

1. (astrology) of, or pertaining to, the Scorpio star sign

Translations

Attributive of Scorpio

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French

Etymology

From Latin scorpio (“scorpion”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɔʁ.pjɔ̃/

Proper noun

Scorpion m

1. (astrology) The celestial constellation Scorpio
2. (astronomy) The zodiac sign Scorpio

Anagrams

• picorons

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Romanian

The constellation Scorpio(n)

Etymology

Borrowing from French scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”)

Proper noun

Scorpion

1. Scorpio (constellation)