scrupus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewp-, extended from *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Latin curtus, Scots short, schort (“short”), Old High German scurz (Middle High German schurz, “short”), Old Norse skorta (Danish skorte, “to lack”), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), English short.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskruː.pus/, [ˈskruː.pʊs]
Noun
scrūpus m (genitive scrūpī); second declension
- A rough or sharp stone.
- (figuratively) Anxiety, uneasiness, solicitude.
Inflection
Second declension.
| 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
Derived terms
- scrūpeda
- scrūpeus
- scrūpōsus
- scrūpulus
Related terms
- scrūpulōsē
- scrūpulōsitās
- scrūpulōsus
References
- 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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