[Middle English, from Latin Scorpiō, from scorpiō, scorpion; see scorpion.]
Scor·pi·us (skôr'pē-əs) n. A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Libra and Sagittarius, containing the bright red star Antares. Also called Scorpio, Scorpion.
[Latin scorpius, scorpion, Scorpius; see scorpion.]
zodiacal constellation, 1391, from L. scorpio "scorpion" (see scorpion). The meaning "person born under or ruled by the sign of Scorpio" is recorded from 1968.