scorpion
scorpion
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P. and V. σκορπίος, ὁ (Aesch. Frag.), P. φαλάγγιον, τό, Ar. φά̆λαγξ, ἡ.
subs.
P. and V. σκορπίος, ὁ (Aesch. Frag.), P. φαλάγγιον, τό, Ar. φά̆λαγξ, ἡ.
SCORPION
A venomous arachnid scorpio: nepa (also as sign of the zodiac: ☞ scorpio likewise for a machine used in war): The sting of a scorpion ictus scorpionis (the sting as inflicted): plaga scorpionis (wound made by the sting).
A kind of fish *cottus scorpio (Linn.).
By metonymy A scourge scorpio (inasmuch as it had iron stings to it; Vid: Isidorus Orig. 5 27 no. 18).
A venomous arachnid scorpio: nepa (also as sign of the zodiac: ☞ scorpio likewise for a machine used in war): The sting of a scorpion ictus scorpionis (the sting as inflicted): plaga scorpionis (wound made by the sting).
A kind of fish *cottus scorpio (Linn.).
By metonymy A scourge scorpio (inasmuch as it had iron stings to it; Vid: Isidorus Orig. 5 27 no. 18).
scorpion:
I. A venomous reptile:
1. scorpio, ōnis, m.: also scorpius, i, m.: a s.'s tail, scorpionis cauda, Plin. 11, 37, 62: a s. will come out, scorpius exibit, Ov. M. 15, 371.
2. nĕpa, ae, f. (collat. form, nĕpas: an African word): you see s.s use their stings, nepas aculeis uti videas, Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42.
II. In astronomy, one of the signs of the zodiac:
1. scorpio or scorpius: Petr. 39 (scorpio): Hor. Od. 2, 17, 17 (scorpius).
2. nĕpa or nĕpas: Cic. N. D. 2, 42, 109 (poet.).
III. A sea fish: scorpio, Plin. 32, 11, 53 (*cottus scorpio, Linn.).
IV. A military engine for throwing darts, stones, etc.: scorpio: Gallus being wounded in the right side and deprived of life by a s., Gallus scorpione ab latere dextro transjectus exanimatusque concidit, Caes. B. G. 7, 25: Veg. Mil. 4, 22 (whence it appears to have been a sort of ballista or cross-bow): Liv.
I. A venomous reptile:
1. scorpio, ōnis, m.: also scorpius, i, m.: a s.'s tail, scorpionis cauda, Plin. 11, 37, 62: a s. will come out, scorpius exibit, Ov. M. 15, 371.
2. nĕpa, ae, f. (collat. form, nĕpas: an African word): you see s.s use their stings, nepas aculeis uti videas, Cic. Fin. 5, 15, 42.
II. In astronomy, one of the signs of the zodiac:
1. scorpio or scorpius: Petr. 39 (scorpio): Hor. Od. 2, 17, 17 (scorpius).
2. nĕpa or nĕpas: Cic. N. D. 2, 42, 109 (poet.).
III. A sea fish: scorpio, Plin. 32, 11, 53 (*cottus scorpio, Linn.).
IV. A military engine for throwing darts, stones, etc.: scorpio: Gallus being wounded in the right side and deprived of life by a s., Gallus scorpione ab latere dextro transjectus exanimatusque concidit, Caes. B. G. 7, 25: Veg. Mil. 4, 22 (whence it appears to have been a sort of ballista or cross-bow): Liv.