scorpius
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a scorpion
- a kind of prickly sea fish
- a kind of prickly plant
- (military) a scorpion, a small catapult
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (scorpion).
Origin
Ancient Greek
σκορπίος
Gloss
scorpion
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- scorpio Latin
- scorpiō Latin
- scorpiōnem, scorpiō Latin
- σκορπίος Ancient Greek
- σκορπιοκτόνον Ancient Greek
- σκόρπαινα Ancient Greek
- *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European
- skorpion Norwegian Bokmål
- skorpion Norwegian Nynorsk
- skorpions Latvian