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|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[scorpion]], A.Fr.169, Pl.Euthd.290a, Sammelb.1267.7 (i A.D.), etc.; σκορπίος ὁ [[χερσαῖος]] (v. infr. ''ΙΙ'') Arist.HA555a23: [[proverb|prov.]], [[ὑπὸ παντὶ λίθῳ σκορπίον φυλάσσεο]] = [[under]] [[every]] [[stone]] [[look out]] for a [[scorpion]] Praxill.4; [[ἐν παντὶ σκορπίος φρουρεῖ λίθῳ]] S. Fr.37; also [[σκορπίον ὀκτώπουν ἐγείρεις]] = '[[let sleeping dogs lie]]', Hsch.; ὥσπερ [[ἔχις]] ἢ σκορπίος ἠρκὼς τὸ [[κέντρον]] = like a [[snake]] or a [[scorpion]] with [[sting]] [[erect]], D.25.52.<br><span class="bld">II</span> 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]] [[adulterer]]s, Pl.Com.173.21; dub. sens. in [[LXX]] 3 Ki.12.11.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[scorpion furze]], [[Genista acanthoclada]], Thphr.HP6.1.3, 6.4.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[scorpion root]], [[Doronicum caucasicum]], ib.9.13.6.<br><span class="bld">3</span> = [[θηλυφόνον]], ib.9.18.2.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> the [[constellation]] [[Scorpio]], Cleostrat.1, Arat.85, Eudox. ap. Hipparch.1.2.20, Eratosth.Cat.7.<br><span class="bld">V</span> an [[engine]] of [[war]] for [[discharge|discharging]] [[arrow]]s, Hero Bel.74.6, Plu.Marc. 15; σκορπίων σωλῆνες IG22.1627.333.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> a [[stone]], Orph.L.500, cf. 494.