scorpaena

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek σκόρπαινα (skórpaina), derived from σκορπίος (skorpíos, “scorpion”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [skɔrˈpae̯.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [skorˈpɛː.na] === Noun === scorpaena f (genitive scorpaenae); first declension A scorpionfish. ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: escórpora → French: scorpène → English: scorpene English: sculpin Italian: scorfano, → scorpena Ligurian: scórpena Spanish: escorpina → Translingual: Scorpaena === References === “scorpaena”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “scorpaena”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.