scorpiaceus

scorpiaceus [CL scorpius+-aceus], of or resembling a scorpion. fortuna ‥ Oswinum ‥ ~ea cauda persequebatur W. Malm. GR I 50; fortuna ‥ ad extremum ~ea crudeliter hominem cauda percussit Id. HN 481 p. 39; fortuna diu homini lenocinata, tum autem ~ea cauda prosecuta Id. Wulfst. II 22; libra facta est de brachiis ~is que dicuntur chele Alb. Lond. DG 15. 7.