scorpio

See also: Scorpio

Latin

scorpius (a scorpion)

Alternative forms

• scorpios
• scorpius

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskor.pi.oː/, [ˈskɔr.pi.oː]

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Noun

scorpiō m (genitive scorpiōnis); third declension

1. a scorpion
2. a kind of prickly sea-fish, possibly the scorpionfish or sculpin
3. a kind of prickly plant
4. (military) scorpion, a small catapult

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	scorpiō	scorpiōnēs
genitive	scorpiōnis	scorpiōnum
dative	scorpiōnī	scorpiōnibus
accusative	scorpiōnem	scorpiōnēs
ablative	scorpiōne	scorpiōnibus
vocative	scorpiō	scorpiōnēs

Related terms

Terms related to scorpio

• scorpaena
• scorpiacum
• scorpioctonon

• scorpion
• scorpiōnius

• scorpītis
• scorpiūrus

Descendants

• Catalan: escorpí
• Dutch: schorpioen
• English: scorpion
• French: scorpion
• German: Skorpion
• Gothic: 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌾𐍉 (skaurpjō)

• Italian: scorpione
• Middle Low German: schorpie
• Portuguese: escorpião
• Romanian: scorpion
• Spanish: escorpión

References

• scorpio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• scorpio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scorpio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• scorpio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• scorpio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scorpio in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin