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scrupus

scrupus

sharp stone

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What it meant

1. scrupus — de Vaan

scrupus 'sharp stone' [m. o] (Cic.+) Derivatives: scrupeus [adj. / f ] 'of sharp rocks; obstacle' (Ena+), scriiposus 'full of sharp rocks' (PL+)> scrupulvs 'worry, precaution' (Ter.+), scrupulosus *jagged; scruta minutely careful' (Varro+); scnp(t)ulum 'certain small unit of measurement' (Varro+). It is assumed that scrip(t)ulum got its -i- (and sometimes -t-) under the influence of scnptum. No etymology. BibL: WH … — [de Vaan, s.v. scrupus, p. 561]

2. scrūpus — Lewis & Short

scrūpus, i, m.

I Lit., a rough or sharp stone: * scrupi dicuntur aspera saxa et difficilia attrectatu, Fest. pp. 332 and 333 Müll. (very rare): cum horā paene totā per omnes scrupos traxissemus cruentos pedes, Petr. 79, 3: scrupus proprie est lapillus brevis, Serv. Verg. A. 6, 238; Avien. Descr. Orb. 503.—
II Trop., anxiety, solicitude, uneasiness (for the usual scrupulus, q. v. II.): quod vacua metu, curā, sollicitudine, periculo vita bonorum virorum sit: contra autem improbis semper aliqui scrupus in animis haereat, Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26.

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  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. scrupus (scan pp. 561-562; entry #1575).

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