scorpion, scorpii:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension · variant: 8th
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
plant w/poisonous root like scorpion; (leopard's-bane, Doronicum caucasicum?);
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | scorpion | scorpia |
| Gen. | scorpii | scorpiorum |
| Dat. | scorpio | scorpiis |
| Acc. | scorpion | scorpia |
| Voc. | scorpion | scorpia |
| Abl. | scorpio | scorpiis |
Examples
- M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...leti stat tutus pereunte manu. quis fata putarit scorpion aut uires maturae mortis habere? ille minax nodis..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...senex Chiron, gelido qui sidere fulgensinpetis Haemonio maiorem Scorpion arcu. hac tellure feri micuerunt semina Martis. 395primus..." - L
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Virgo relictas iustaeque cadent pondera Librae secumque trahent Scorpion acrem. et qui neruo tenet Haemonio pinnata senex spicula..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...laniones et unguentarii et quicunque aliquid expendunt; in scorpione venenarii et percussores; in sagittario strabones, qui holera spectant..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...violentique ora Leonis saevaque circuitu curvantem bracchia longo Scorpion atque aliter curvantem bracchia Cancrum. nec tibi quadripedes animosos..." - G
Liber VII
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...traditas glebas in ignem e regione turris proiciebat: scorpione ab latere dextro traiectus exanimatusque concidit. Hunc ex proximis..." - G
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...forte ante portam turma densa adstitisset, scorpione accuratius misso atque eorum decurione percusso et ad ecum adfixo, reliqui..." - T
Liber XXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uisendum qua maxime parte adgrederetur: progressus ad murum scorpione icto qui proximus eum forte steterat, territus inde..."