scorpius

See also: Scorpius

Latin
scorpius (a scorpion)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).

Pronunciation

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).

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.
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