scrupulosus

Latin

Etymology

scrūpulus +‎ -ōsus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /skruː.puˈloː.sus/, [s̠kruːpʊˈɫ̪oːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /skru.puˈlo.sus/, [skrupuˈlɔːs̬us]

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.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	scrūpulōsus	scrūpulōsa	scrūpulōsum		scrūpulōsī	scrūpulōsae	scrūpulōsa
Genitive	scrūpulōsī	scrūpulōsae	scrūpulōsī		scrūpulōsōrum	scrūpulōsārum	scrūpulōsōrum
Dative	scrūpulōsō		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.