Scorpius
Americannoun
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Scorpii
genitive
noun
Etymology
Origin of Scorpius
< Latin < Greek skorpíos scorpion
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One of the lessons Albus and Scorpius learn along the way is the difficulty in distinguishing by appearance good from evil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
Custer said above-ground facilities have tested explosive behaviors of other materials but the Scorpius experiments will use real plutonium, which is unique.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 5, 2023
And I do have stellar favorites, which I always look for first after stepping outside: Vega, high up in the constellation Lyra, Arcturus in Boötes and Antares in Scorpius, to name just a few.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 25, 2023
The moon is trending brighter and fuller and the summer constellation Scorpius is chasing wintry Orion out of the evening sky.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 30, 2023
DRACO: Did you know that in this other reality—the reality Scorpius saw into—I was Head of Magical Law Enforcement?
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
The red nebula in the middle right partially surrounds the star Sigma Scorpii.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
As the spacecraft approaches the planet, the instrument will be aimed through the rings at Delta Scorpii, a far-off star.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other stars called V861 Scorpii, GX339-4, SS433, and Circinus X-2 are also candidate black holes.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
The eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 22d of October. α Scorpii, Antares; a nautical star.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher
Graffias, β Scorpii, derivation unknown; the name may mean "the crab."
From A Field Book of the Stars by William Tyler Olcott
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