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Scorpius, n. Astron.|ˈskɔːpɪəs|
[a. L. scorpius: see scorpion n.
Occurring only as an occasional variant of Scorpio until it was readopted, orig. in the US, in the 20th c.]
= Scorpio n. 1.
c1000in Leechd. Early Eng. (1866) III. 246 An þæra tacna ẏs ȝehaten aries. Þ̶ is ramm... Seofoða libra. þæt is pund oððe ƿæȝe. Eahtoðe scorpius. Þ̶ is þroƿend. a1450in F. N. Robinson Chaucer's Wks. (1957) 551/1 Tho lokid I doun upon myn est orisounte, and fond there 10 degrees of Scorpius ascendyng, whom I tok for myn ascendent. 1589[see clutch n.1 1 g].
1926G. Forbes Wonder & Glory of Stars i. 22 Names of Constellations, with three-letter abbreviations officially adopted: And = Andromeda..Scl = Sculptor..Sco = Scorpius (the Scorpion). 1955Sci. News Let. 25 June 407/1 To the left, we see the fine summer constellation of Scorpius, the scorpion, in which red Antares is prominent. 1964[see cosmic a. 3 b]. 1987P. Moore Astron. Encycl. 374/1 Scorpius (the Scorpion—often less correctly, called Scorpio). |