scorpius
Dictionary entries
- Entry →scorpius, scorpii:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
scorpion; (animal/constellation/zodiacal sign); small catapult; plant;
nom. sg.
Examples
Liber I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...sequentis panditur (ipse tibi iam bracchia contrahit ardens Scorpius et caeli iusta plus parte reliquit); quidquid eris..."Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...bracchia cancro, cetera supponas terrae, de parte sepulta scorpius exibit caudaque minabitur unca; quaeque solent canis frondes intexere..."Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...locus, in geminos ubi bracchia concavat arcus Scorpius et cauda flexisque utrimque lacertis porrigit in spatium signorum membra..."