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|lshtext=<b>scorpĭo</b>: ōnis ([[poet]]. collat. forms scorpĭus and -ŏs, i, corresp. to the Greek), m., = [[σκορπίων]], [[σκορπίος]],><br /><b>I</b> a [[scorpion]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., Plin. 11, 37, 62, § 86; 28, 2, 5, § 24; 29, 4, 29, § 91; Vulg. Deut. 8, 15. —In the form [[scorpius]], Ov. M. 15, 371 [[scorpios]], id. F. 4, 164; acc. [[scorpion]], id. ib. 5, 541.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The Scorpion, one of the signs of the zodiac.—Form Scorpios, Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 44, 113; id. Arat. 208 and 430; Ov. M. 2, 196; Hyg. Astr. 2, 26; acc. Scorpion, Ov. M. 2, 83.—Form Scorpio, Petr. 39, 11; 35, 4: Scorpionis [[ascensus]], Vulg. Num. 34, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[kind]] of [[prickly]] [[sea]]-[[fish]]: [[Cottus]] [[scorpio]], Linn.; Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 151; cf. Petr. 35, 4; in the form [[scorpios]], Ov. Hal. 116.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[prickly]] [[plant]], [[scorpion]] - wort, [[scorpion]] - [[grass]]: Spartium [[scorpius]], Linn.; Plin. 22, 15, 17, § 39.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> A [[shrub]], also called [[tragos]], Plin. 27, 13, 116, § 142; 13, 21, 37, § 116.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> A [[military]] [[engine]] for throwing darts, stones, and [[other]] missiles, a [[scorpion]], Veg. Mil. 4, 22; Amm. 23, 4, 4; Caes. B. G. 7, 25; Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 553, 24 (Hist. 3, 36 Dietsch); Liv. 26, 47; 26, 49; Vitr. 10, 1; in the form [[scorpius]], Sisenn. ap. Non. 553, 25; Vulg. 1 Macc. 6, 51.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> In the agrimensores, a [[heap]] of stones terminating in a [[point]], and used as a [[boundary]]-[[mark]], Sic. Fl. pp. 4 and 6 Goes. —<br /> An [[instrument]] of [[torture]], Isid. 5, 27, 18; cf. Vulg. 3 Reg. 12, 14; id. 2 Par. 10, 11.
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