scorpitis

== Latin == === Alternative forms === scorpītēs === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκορπῖτις (skorpîtis), from σκορπίος (skorpíos, “scorpion”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [skɔrˈpiː.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [skorˈpiː.tis] === Noun === scorpītis f (genitive scorpītidis); third declension A kind of gem resembling a scorpion ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “scorpitis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “scorpitis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.