Scorpion

From the animal scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).

the Scorpion

1. The constellation and zodiacal sign Scorpio.
   • 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     And now thir way to Earth they had descri'd, / To Paradise first tending, when behold / Satan in likeness of an Angel bright / Betwixt the Centaure and the Scorpion stearing / His Zenith, while the Sun in Aries rose […]

   • 1821, Thomas Kerigan, The young navigator's guide to the sidereal and planetary parts of nautical astronomy, page 73:

     Ras Alhague is […] nearly due north of Lesath, in the tail of the Scorpion, at the distance of 51 degrees: […]

   • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 123:

     Smiling proudly, he glanced outward at the country, which was still invisible except as a dark movement in the darkness; then upwards at the sky, where the stars of the sprawling Scorpion had begun to pale.

Scorpion (plural Scorpions)

1. Someone with the Scorpio star sign.

Scorpion (not comparable)

1. (astrology) Of or relating to the Scorpio star sign.

From Latin scorpiōnem (“scorpion”).

• IPA^(key): /skɔʁ.pjɔ̃/

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Scorpion m

1. (astrology) the celestial constellation Scorpio
2. (astronomy) the zodiac sign Scorpio

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Borrowed from French scorpion, from Latin scorpio (“scorpion”).

Scorpion

1. (astronomy, astrology) Scorpio