σκορπίος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Sometimes suggested to be from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”), but Beekes says that it is likely a substrate loanword instead (see Beekes, R.S.P. (2010): Etymological Dictionary of Greek, p. 1358-1359)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σκορπῐ́ος • (skorpíos) m (genitive σκορπῐ́ου); second declension

  1. scorpion
  2. scorpionfish (Scorpaena scrofa)
    Synonym: σκόρπαινα (skórpaina)
  3. scorpion furze (Genista acanthoclada)
    Synonym: ἐχινόπους (ekhinópous)
  4. scorpion root (Doronicum orientale)
  5. (astronomy) Scorpio, a constellation
  6. engine of war which discharged arrows

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ σκορπῐ́ος; τοῦ σκορπῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σκορπῐ́ος
ho skorpíos 		τὼ σκορπῐ́ω
tṑ skorpíō 		οἱ σκορπῐ́οι
hoi skorpíoi
Genitive τοῦ σκορπῐ́ου
toû skorpíou 		τοῖν σκορπῐ́οιν
toîn skorpíoin 		τῶν σκορπῐ́ων
tôn skorpíōn
Dative τῷ σκορπῐ́ῳ
tôi skorpíōi 		τοῖν σκορπῐ́οιν
toîn skorpíoin 		τοῖς σκορπῐ́οις
toîs skorpíois
Accusative τὸν σκορπῐ́ον
tòn skorpíon 		τὼ σκορπῐ́ω
tṑ skorpíō 		τοὺς σκορπῐ́ους
toùs skorpíous
Vocative σκορπῐ́ε
skorpíe 		σκορπῐ́ω
skorpíō 		σκορπῐ́οι
skorpíoi
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Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “scorpion”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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