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|Full diacritics=σκορπίος
|Medium diacritics=σκορπίος
|Low diacritics=σκορπίος
|Capitals=ΣΚΟΡΠΙΟΣ
|Transliteration A=skorpíos
|Transliteration B=skorpios
|Transliteration C=skorpios
|Beta Code=skorpi/os
|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">scorpion</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>169</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>290a</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>1267.7</span> (i A.D.), etc.; <b class="b3">σ. ὁ χερσαῖος</b> (v. infr. <span class="bibl">11</span>) <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>555a23</span>: prov., ὑπὸ παντὶ λίθῳ σκορπίον φυλάσσεο <span class="bibl">Praxill.4</span>; ἐν παντὶ σ. φρουρεῖ λίθῳ <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Fr.</span>37</span>; also <b class="b3">σκορπίον ὀκτώπουν ἐγείρεις</b> 'let sleeping dogs lie', Hsch.; ὥσπερ ἔχις ἢ σ. ἠρκὼς τὸ κέντρον <span class="bibl">D.25.52</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> a sea-fish, prob. <b class="b2">Scorpaena scrofa</b>, <span class="bibl">Alex.261.9</span>, <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.135</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>508b17</span>, Plu.2.977f; used (like the <b class="b2">mugilis</b> in Catull.15.19, Juv.10.317) to punish adulterers, <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.173.21</span>; dub. sens. in <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>12.11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">scorpion furze, Genista acanthoclada</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.1.3</span>, <span class="bibl">6.4.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">scorpion root, Doronicum caucasicum</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">9.13.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> = [[θηλυφόνον]], ib.<span class="bibl">9.18.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> the constellation <span class="title">Scorpio</span>, <span class="bibl">Cleostrat.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Arat.85</span>, Eudox. ap. <span class="bibl">Hipparch.1.2.20</span>, <span class="bibl">Eratosth.<span class="title">Cat.</span>7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> an engine of war for discharging arrows, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span>74.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Marc.</span> 15</span>; σκορπίων σωλῆνες <span class="title">IG</span>22.1627.333. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> a stone, <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">L.</span>500</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">494</span>.</span>
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{{pape
|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0905.png Seite 905]] ὁ, 1) der Skorpion; Soph. frg. 35; Plat. Euthyd. 290 a; vielleicht verwandt mit σκοροβαῖος, welches Hesych. als gleichbedeutend mit [[σκάραβος]], [[κάραβος]] anführt. – 2) ein stachliger Meerfisch, Ath. VII, 320. – 3) eine stachlige Pflanze, Theophr. – 4) eine Kriegsmaschine, Pfeile damit abzuschießen, Plut. Marcell. 15. – 5) eine Haarflechte bei Kindern, = [[κρωβύλος]], Schol. Thuc. 1, 6.
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|lstext='''σκορπίος''': ὁ, «σκορπιός», Αἰσχύλ. Ἀποσπ. 165, Πλάτ., κλπ.· σκ. ὁ [[χερσαῖος]] (ἴδε κατωτ. ΙΙ) Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 5. 26· - παροιμ., ὑπὸ παντὶ λίθῳ σκορπίον φυλάσσεο Πράξιλλα 4· ἐν παντὶ [[σκορπίος]] φρουρεῖ λίθῳ Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 35· [[ὥσπερ]] [[ἔχις]] ἢ σκ. ἠρκὼς τὸ [[κέντρον]] Δημ. 786. 4· ἐν χρήσει πρὸς τιμωρίαν τῶν μοιχῶν, Πλάτ. Κωμικ. ἐν «Φάωνι» 1. 21. (Ἴσως συγγενὲς τῷ σκοροβαῖος, [[ὅπερ]] ὁ Ἡσύχ. μνημονεύει ὡς ἰσοδύναμον τῷ σκάραβος, [[κάραβος]]). ΙΙ. [[ἀκανθοφόρος]] [[θαλάσσιος]] [[ἰχθὺς]] «σκορπιὸς» καὶ νῦν καλούμενος, Κωμικοὶ παρ’ Ἀθην. 320, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 2. 17, 26. ΙΙΙ. ἀκανθῶδές τι [[φυτόν]], [[ἴσως]] τὸ Spartium scorpius, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 9. 18, 2, κτλ. IV. ὁ ἀστερισμὸς τοῦ Σκορπίου, Ἄρατ. 85, Ἐρατοσθ. Καταστ. 7, Ἡσύχ. V. πολεμική τις μηχανὴ πρὸς ἐκτόξευσιν βελῶν, Πλουτ. Μάρκελλ. 15, Börkh Urkunden σ. 411, κτλ.
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{{bailly
|btext=ου (ὁ) :<br /><b>1</b> scorpion, insecte ; <i>fig. en parl. d’un homme méchant</i>;<br /><b>2</b> <i>p. anal.</i> scorpion, <i>machine de jet de gros calibre</i>.<br />'''Étymologie:''' DELG pê emprunt à une langue méditerr.
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{{eles
|esgtx=[[escorpión]], [[Escorpio]]
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{{StrongGR
|strgr=[[probably]] from an [[obsolete]] skerpo ([[perhaps]] strengthened from the [[base]] of [[σκοπός]] and [[meaning]] to [[pierce]]); a "[[scorpion]]" (from its [[sting]]): [[scorpion]].
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