scrupus

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewp-, extended from *(s)ker- (“to cut”) (whence curtus, etc.). Or, from *skroypos, from a different extension *skreyp-. In either case, a relationship with scrūta is possible, but semantically distant.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskruː.pus/, [ˈs̠kruːpʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskru.pus/, [ˈskruːpus]

Noun

scrūpus m (genitive scrūpī); second declension

1. A rough or sharp stone.
2. (figuratively) Anxiety, uneasiness, solicitude.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	scrūpus	scrūpī
genitive	scrūpī	scrūpōrum
dative	scrūpō	scrūpīs
accusative	scrūpum	scrūpōs
ablative	scrūpō	scrūpīs
vocative	scrūpe	scrūpī

Synonyms

• (uneasiness): scrūpulus

Derived terms

• scrūpeda
• scrūpeus
• scrūpōsus
• scrūpulus

Related terms

• scrūpulōsē
• scrūpulōsitās
• scrūpulōsus

Further reading

• “scrupus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scrupus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scrupus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• scrupus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016