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See also: Scorpius
Latin
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈskor.pi.us/, [ˈs̠kɔrpiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈskor.pi.us/, [ˈskɔrpius]
Noun
[edit]scorpius m (genitive scorpiī or scorpī); second declension
- a scorpion
- a kind of prickly sea fish
- a kind of prickly plant
- (military) a scorpion, a small catapult
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- See scorpiō
References
[edit]- “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.