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scorpio

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Latin

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scorpius (a scorpion)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Ancient Greek σκορπῐ́ος (skorpĭ́os).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    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

    Declension

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    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative scorpiō scorpiōnēs
    genitive scorpiōnis scorpiōnum
    dative scorpiōnī scorpiōnibus
    accusative scorpiōnem scorpiōnēs
    ablative scorpiōne scorpiōnibus
    vocative scorpiō scorpiōnēs
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    Descendants

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    References

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    • “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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

    Old English

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin scorpiō.

    Noun

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    scorpio ?

    1. (rare) scorpion
      Synonym: þrowend

    Descendants

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