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

Noun

scrūpus m (genitive scrūpī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	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

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

“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

[1] 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

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