scrupulus

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive from scrūpus (rough or sharp stone; anxiety) + -ulus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskruː.pu.lus/, [ˈskruː.pʊ.ɫʊs]

Noun

scrūpulus m (genitive scrūpulī); second declension

  1. A small sharp or pointed stone.
  2. The twenty-fourth part of an ounce.
  3. (figuratively) Anxiety, uneasiness, solicitude, difficulty, doubt, scruple.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scrūpulus scrūpulī
Genitive scrūpulī scrūpulōrum
Dative scrūpulō scrūpulīs
Accusative scrūpulum scrūpulōs
Ablative scrūpulō scrūpulīs
Vocative scrūpule scrūpulī

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • scrūpeda
  • scrūpeus
  • scrūpōsus

Descendants

References

  • scrupulus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scrupulus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scrupulus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • scrupulus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to relieve a man of his scruple: scrupulum ex animo alicuius evellere (Rosc. Am. 2. 6)
    • one thing still makes me hesitate: unus mihi restat scrupulus (Ter. Andr. 5. 4. 37) (cf. too religio, sect. XI. 2)
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