Scorpio

Latin scorpiō (“a type of scorpion”)

Scorpio m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Scorpionidae – deep-burrowing scorpions of the Middle East and north Africa.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Scorpiones – order; Neoscorpionina – suborder; Scorpionidae – family

• (genus): Scorpio maurus - type species; for other species see Scorpionidae at The Scorpion Files.

• Buthoscorpio
• †Mioscorpio
• †Uintascorpio

• Scorpio maurus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Scorpio on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Scorpio on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Scorpionidae at The Scorpion Files

From Latin scorpiō (“scorpion”), from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos), calque of Akkadian 𒀯𒄈𒋰 (zuqaqīpu, “scorpion; constellation name”), calque of Sumerian 𒀯𒄈𒋰 (^MULGIR₂.TAB). Doublet of scorpion.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈskɔːpɪəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈskɔːɹpɪoʊ/

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Scorpio (symbol ♏︎)

2. (astronomy) Scorpius.

   Synonym: the Scorpion

   • 1862, [Frances Rolleston], Mazzaroth, or, The Constellations, London: Rivingtons, page 84:

     The Scholiast on Virgil says that anciently there were but eleven signs, the claws of Scorpio, called Chelæ, taking the place of Libra.

   • 2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Constable (2009), pages 485-486:

     Earlier, he watched Orion’s killer Scorpio prowling around in the western sky.

4. (astrology) The zodiac sign for the scorpion, ruled by Mars and covering October 23 - November 22 (tropical astrology) or November 16 - December 15 (sidereal astrology).

Scorpio (plural Scorpios)

1. Someone with a Scorpio star sign

   Antonym: Taurus

• Scorpius

From scorpi|ō, ~ōnis (“scorpion”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈskɔr.pi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈskɔr.pi.o]
• Hyphenation: Scor‧pi‧ō

Scorpiō m sg (genitive Scorpiōnis); third declension

2. Scorpius, one of the constellations of the Zodiac

Third-declension noun, singular only.