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 ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German schurz, “short”), Old Norse skorta ((deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish skorte, “to lack”), Albanian shkurt (“short, brief”), English short.
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
Derived terms
Related terms
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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016