Scorpio

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A Scorpion.

II. Scorpio ·noun The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the twenty-third day of October, marked thus [/] in almanacs.

III. Scorpio ·noun A constellation of the zodiac containing the bright star Antares. It is drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a scorpion.

Related Words

scorpio
scorpĭo, ōnis (poet. collat. forms scorpĭus and -ŏs, i, corresp. to the Greek), m., = σκορπίων, σκορ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
scorpio
scorpiō ōnis, m , σκορπίων, and (poet.) ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
scorpio
The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 22d of October. α Scorpii, Antares; a ...

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