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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[scorpion]], <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. [[Scorpaena scrofa]], <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 [[mugilis]] 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> [[scorpion furze]], [[Genista acanthoclada]], <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> [[scorpion root]], [[Doronicum caucasicum]], 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>