scorpio
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
scorpĭo: ōnis (poet. collat. forms scorpĭus and -ŏs, i, corresp. to the Greek), m., = σκορπίων, σκορπίος,>
I a scorpion.
I 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.—
II Transf.
A 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.—
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.—
C A prickly plant, scorpion - wort, scorpion - grass: Spartium scorpius, Linn.; Plin. 22, 15, 17, § 39.—
D A shrub, also called tragos, Plin. 27, 13, 116, § 142; 13, 21, 37, § 116.—
E 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.—
F In the agrimensores, a heap of stones terminating in a point, and used as a boundary-mark, Sic. Fl. pp. 4 and 6 Goes. —
An instrument of torture, Isid. 5, 27, 18; cf. Vulg. 3 Reg. 12, 14; id. 2 Par. 10, 11.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
scorpĭō,¹³ ōnis, m. (σκορπίος),
1 scorpion [insecte venimeux] : Plin. 11, 86 || le Scorpion [signe céleste] : Hyg. Astr. 2, 26 ; Petr. 39, 11
2 chenillette [plante] : Plin. 22, 39
3 éphèdre [plante] : Plin. 13, 116 ; 27, 142
4 sorte de machine de guerre : Cæs. G. 7, 25, 3 ; Sall. H. 3, 36 ; Liv. 26, 47, 6 ; Amm. 19, 7, 6
5 fouet armé de pointes de fer : Isid. Orig. 5, 27, 18 ||
6 amas de pierres sèches : Grom. 138, 23.
Latin > German (Georges)
scorpio, ōnis, m. u. scorpius u. -os, ī, m. (σκορπίων, σκορπίος), I) der Skorpion, ein giftiges Insekt, Ov. u. Plin. – II) übtr.: a) der Skorpion als Sternbild, Cic. poët., Ov. u.a. (bei Müller Cic. de nat. deor. 2, 113 groß geschrieben). – b) eine Kriegsmaschine, mit der man Steine, Pfeile u. andere Geschosse abschleuderte, der Skorpion, Caes. u. Liv.; vgl. Amm. 23, 4, 4. sqq. Veget. mil. 4, 22. – c) ein stacheliger Meerfisch (Cottus scorpio, L.), Plin. 32, 151. Petron. 35, 4. Apic. 4, 153: scorpios, Ov. hal. 116. – d) eine stachelige Pflanze (Spartium scorpius, L.), das Skorpionkraut, Plin. 22, 39: u. ein Strauch, sonst tragos gen., Plin. 13, 116 u. 27, 132. – e) ein spitzer Haufen zusammengelegter Steine als Grenzzeichen, Gromat. vet. 138, 23 u.a.: auch in der Bauernsprache scorofio, Gromat. vet. 211, 10 u.a. – f) ein Marterinstrument, Vulg. 1. regg. 12, 14. Isid. orig. 5, 27, 18.
