scorpius

See also: Scorpius

Latin

scorpius (a scorpion)

Alternative forms

• scorpiō
• scorpios

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈskor.pi.us/, [ˈs̠kɔrpiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskor.pi.us/, [ˈskɔrpius]

Noun

scorpius m (genitive scorpiī or scorpī); second declension

1. a scorpion
2. a kind of prickly sea fish
3. a kind of prickly plant
4. (military) a scorpion, a small catapult

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scorpius	scorpiī
Genitive	scorpiī scorpī1	scorpiōrum
Dative	scorpiō	scorpiīs
Accusative	scorpium	scorpiōs
Ablative	scorpiō	scorpiīs
Vocative	scorpie	scorpiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• scorpaena
• scorpiacum
• scorpioctonon
• scorpion
• scorpiōnius
• scorpītis
• scorpiūrus

Descendants

See scorpiō

References

• “scorpius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scorpius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scorpius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.