scrupus
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain.[1] 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.pʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈskruː.pus]
Noun
scrūpus m (genitive scrūpī); second declension
- A rough or sharp stone.
- (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
Related terms
- scrūpulōsē
- scrūpulōsitās
- scrūpulōsus
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “scrūpus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 547–548
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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016