scrupus

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Latin

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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scrūpus m (genitive scrūpī); second declension

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

Declension

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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

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Derived terms

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References

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  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

Further reading

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  • 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