scorpion; small catapult; plant
Latin word, found 14 times in the texts on Socratos.
Cicero, De Natura Deorum 2.113: Hic autem aspicitur sese ostendens emergit Scorpios alte posteriore trahens flexum vi corporis Arcum. quem propter nitens pinnis convolvitur Ales. at propter se Aquila ardenti cum corpore portat. Deinde Delphinus. exinde Orion obliquo corpore nitens.
Vergil, Georgics 1.35: Scorpius et caeli iusta plus parte reliquit—
Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.196: scorpius et cauda flexisque utrimque lacertis
All forms of scorpius