scorpie
Latin
editNoun
editscorpie
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Church Slavonic скоръпии (skorŭpii), from Byzantine Greek σκορπίον (skorpíon). Doublet of scorpion.
Noun
editscorpie f (plural scorpii)
- (dated, popular) scorpion
- Synonym: scorpion
- (archaic, popular) a type of mythological beast or monster, often depicted as a feminine figure with three heads
- (figuratively) bitch, old hag, virago, shrew; epithet for a bad woman
Declension
editDeclension of scorpie
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (o) scorpie | scorpia | (niște) scorpii | scorpiile |
| genitive/dative | (unei) scorpii | scorpiei | (unor) scorpii | scorpiilor |
| vocative | scorpie, scorpio | scorpiilor | ||
Categories:
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin noun forms
- Romanian terms borrowed from Old Church Slavonic
- Romanian terms derived from Old Church Slavonic
- Romanian terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Romanian doublets
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian feminine nouns
- Romanian dated terms
- Romanian terms with archaic senses
- ro:Arachnids
- ro:Mythological creatures