scorpius
See also: Scorpius
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈskɔr.pi.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈskɔr.pi.us]
Noun
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
Second-declension noun.
| 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
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.