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Latin
Noun
scorpie
- vocative singular of scorpius
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic скоръпии (skorŭpii), from Byzantine Greek σκορπίον (skorpíon). Doublet of scorpion.
Noun
scorpie f (plural scorpii)
- (dated, popular) scorpion
- Synonym: scorpion
- (archaic, popular) a type of mythological beast or monster, often depicted as a feminine figure with three heads
- (figuratively) bitch, old hag, virago, shrew; epithet for a bad woman
Declension