Scorpion
See also: scorpion
English
Etymology
From the animal scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).
Noun
Scorpion (plural Scorpions)
- 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.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- Someone with the Scorpio star sign
Adjective
Scorpion (not comparable)
Translations
Attributive of Scorpio
French
Etymology
From Latin scorpio (“scorpion”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Scorpion m
See also
Zodiac signs in French (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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Bélier | Taureau | Gémeaux | Cancer | ||||||||
Lion | Vierge | Balance | Scorpion | ||||||||
Sagittaire | Capricorne | Verseau | Poissons |
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”)
Proper noun
Scorpion
- Scorpio (constellation)
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