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escorpion
escorpion
Old French
Noun
escorpion m (oblique plural escorpions, nominative singular escorpions, nominative plural escorpion)
- scorpion (animal)
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Latin scorpionem, singular accusative of scorpio, from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [es.korˈpjõn]
Noun
escorpion m (plural escorpiones)
- scorpion
- c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 23v. b.
- enbio el nr̃o ſeñor en el pueblo culuebros e eſcorpiones / a qui mordian los iudios los culuebros
- And our Lord sent among the people snakes and scorpions, and here the snakes bit the Jews.
- enbio el nr̃o ſeñor en el pueblo culuebros e eſcorpiones / a qui mordian los iudios los culuebros
- c1200: Almeric, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 23v. b.
Descendants
- Spanish: escorpión