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: 46 and not elongated. It is a figure drawn from the weapon, for the serpent is accustomed to fight with its body coiled. ao-TTt? . . . iirl Tov epTrerov, Sia rd icvk\ov
: 47 While the second alternative does not account for the se- lection of the asp rather than some other species of the snake family, still it gives additional assurance that the metaphor arises from the similarity in shape. SCORPIO, Gk. o-KopTTio?, A Scorpion: transf., i, An Instrument Primarily for Shooting Arrows; 2, An Arrow; 3, A Kind of Ballista. In striving to account for this transfer of meaning, Tertullian has led us into a bewildering labyrinth of compari- sons that seems irremeabile. He finds numerous likenesses in the general complexity of both animal and ma- chine, in the source of the danger, in the contour of the frontal claws of the animal and the shape of the bow, in the method of attack, and in the dangerous point of the sting and of the arrow Scorpii series ilia nodorum, venenata intrinsecus venula subtilis, arcuato impetu insurgens, hamatile spiculum in summo tormenti ratione restringens; unde (i. e. from all of these points) et bellicam machinam, retractu tela vege- tantem, de scorpio nominant.^^* There is no suggestion of the naive in Tertullian's ex- planation. It is a conscious endeavor to find points of resemblance. Heron has found the cause of the transfer in the general shape of the scorpion, eiidvrova. a Tivei koX aKopiriow KoKovaiv avo Tjj? irepl rd axHua 6iioi6Tr}To
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