scrupulosus

Latin

Etymology

scrūpulus +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

Adjective

scrūpulōsus (feminine scrūpulōsa, neuter scrūpulōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Full of sharp stones
  2. rough, rugged
  3. steep
  4. exact, precise, anxious, careful, scrupulous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative scrūpulōsus scrūpulōsa scrūpulōsum scrūpulōsī scrūpulōsae scrūpulōsa
genitive scrūpulōsī scrūpulōsae scrūpulōsī scrūpulōsōrum scrūpulōsārum scrūpulōsōrum
dative scrūpulōsō scrūpulōsae scrūpulōsō scrūpulōsīs
accusative scrūpulōsum scrūpulōsam scrūpulōsum scrūpulōsōs scrūpulōsās scrūpulōsa
ablative scrūpulōsō scrūpulōsā scrūpulōsō scrūpulōsīs
vocative scrūpulōse scrūpulōsa scrūpulōsum scrūpulōsī scrūpulōsae scrūpulōsa

Descendants

  • English: scrupulous
  • French: scrupuleux
  • Galician: escrupuloso
  • Italian: scrupoloso
  • Portuguese: escrupuloso
  • Sicilian: scrupulusu
  • Spanish: escrupuloso

References

  • scrupulosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scrupulosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "scrupulosus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • scrupulosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.