Scorpion
See also: scorpion
English
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The constellation Scorpio(n)
Noun
Scorpion (plural Scorpions)
- The constellation and zodiacal sign Scorpio.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- 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 […]
- 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 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.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:
- Someone with the Scorpio star sign
Translations
Attributive of Scorpio
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /skɔʁ.pjɔ̃/
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Proper noun
Scorpion m
Romanian
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The constellation Scorpio(n)
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