scorpie
Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]scorpie
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic скоръпии (skorŭpii), from Byzantine Greek σκορπίον (skorpíon). Doublet of scorpion.
Noun
[edit]scorpie 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
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | scorpie | scorpia | scorpii | scorpiile | |
| genitive-dative | scorpii | scorpiei | 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