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Scorpio
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Scor′pi-o
,Noun.
pl.
Scorpiones
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. [L.]
1.
(Zool.)
A scorpion.
2.
(Astron.)
(a)
The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [♏] in almanacs.
(b)
A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion.
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Scorpio
Scorpio
See also: scorpio
Translingual
Etymology
Latin scorpio (“a type of scorpion”)
Proper noun
Scorpio m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Scorpionidae – Scorpio maurus, a deep-burrowing scorpion of the Middle East and north Africa.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Arthropoda - phylum; Chelicerata - subphylum; Arachnida - class; Scorpiones - order; Neoscorpionina - suborder; Scorpionidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Scorpio maurus - sole species
English
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Sagittarius |
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Alternative forms
Proper noun
Scorpio
- (astronomy): Scorpius
- (astrology): The zodiac sign for the scorpion, ruled by Mars and covering October 23 - November 21 (tropical astrology) or November 16 - December 15 (sidereal astrology).
Synonyms
Translations
constellation — see Scorpius
astrological sign
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Noun
Scorpio (plural Scorpios)
- Someone with a Scorpio star sign
Antonyms
See also
scorpio
scorpio
See also: Scorpio
Latin
scorpius (a scorpion)
Alternative forms
Noun
scorpiō m (genitive scorpiōnis); third declension
- a scorpion
- a kind of prickly sea-fish, possibly the scorpionfish or sculpin
- a kind of prickly plant
- (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
Descendants
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)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “scorpio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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