σκορπίος

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μόνον τὸ καλὸν ἀγαθὸν εἶναιonly the beautiful is the good, only the morally beautiful is good

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Transliteration A: skorpíos Transliteration B: skorpios Transliteration C: skorpios Beta Code: skorpi/os

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   A scorpion, A.Fr.169, Pl.Euthd.290a, Sammelb.1267.7 (i A.D.), etc.; σ. ὁ χερσαῖος (v. infr. 11) Arist.HA555a23: prov., ὑπὸ παντὶ λίθῳ σκορπίον φυλάσσεο Praxill.4; ἐν παντὶ σ. φρουρεῖ λίθῳ S. Fr.37; also σκορπίον ὀκτώπουν ἐγείρεις 'let sleeping dogs lie', Hsch.; ὥσπερ ἔχις ἢ σ. ἠρκὼς τὸ κέντρον D.25.52.    II a sea-fish, prob. Scorpaena scrofa, Alex.261.9, Diocl.Fr.135, Arist.HA508b17, Plu.2.977f; used (like the mugilis in Catull.15.19, Juv.10.317) to punish adulterers, Pl.Com.173.21; dub. sens. in LXX 3 Ki.12.11.    III scorpion furze, Genista acanthoclada, Thphr.HP6.1.3, 6.4.1.    2 scorpion root, Doronicum caucasicum, ib.9.13.6.    3 = θηλυφόνον, ib.9.18.2.    IV the constellation Scorpio, Cleostrat.1, Arat.85, Eudox. ap. Hipparch.1.2.20, Eratosth.Cat.7.    V an engine of war for discharging arrows, Hero Bel.74.6, Plu.Marc. 15; σκορπίων σωλῆνες IG22.1627.333.    VI a stone, Orph.L.500, cf. 494.