scorpionum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →scorpio, scorpionis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
scorpion; (animal/constellation/zodiacal sign); small catapult; plant;
gen. pl.
Examples
de Bello Africo
Gaius Julius Caesar from LIBRI INCERTORUM AUCTORUM
"...modum consiti vel sine defensoribus aditum adversariis prohibebant: scorpionum catapultarum ceterorumque telorum quae ad defendendum solent parari, magnam..."Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...ballistae maiores uiginti tres, minores quinquaginta duae; scorpionum maiorum minorumque et armorum telorumque ingens numerus; signa militaria septuaginta..."