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

Related terms

• 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