σκορπίος

A. scorpion, A. Fr. 169, Pl. Euthd. 290a, Sammelb. 1267.7 (i A.D.), etc.; ς. ὁ χερσαῖος (v. infr. 11) Arist. HA 555a23: prov., ὑπὸ παντὶ λίθῳ σκορπίον φυλάσσεο Praxill. 4; ἐν παντὶ ς. φρουρεῖ λίθῳ S. Fr. 37; also σκορπίον ὀκτώπουν ἐγείρεις 'let sleeping dogs lie', Hsch.; ὥσπερ ἔχις ἢ ς. ἠρκὼς τὸ κέντρον D. 25.52.

II. a sea-fish, prob. Scorpaena scrofa, Alex. 261.9, Diocl.Fr. 135, Arist. HA 508b17, Plu. 2.977f; used (like the mugilis in Catull.15.19, Juv. 10.317) to punish adulterers, Pl.Com. 173.21; dub. sens. in LXX 3 Ki. 12.11.

III. scorpion furze, Genista acanthoclada, Thphr. HP 6.1.3, 6.4.1.

2. scorpion root, Doronicum caucasicum, ib.9.13.6.

3. = θηλυφόνον, ib.9.18.2.

IV. the constellation Scorpio, Cleostrat. 1, Arat. 85, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.20, Eratosth. Cat. 7.

V. an engine of war for discharging arrows, Hero Bel. 74.6, Plu. Marc. 15; σκορπίων σωλῆνες IG 22.1627.333.

VI. a stone, Orph. L. 500, cf. 494.