scrupulus

== Latin == === Etymology === Diminutive of scrūpus +‎ -ulus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈskruː.pʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈskruː.pu.lus] === Noun === scrūpulus m (genitive scrūpulī); second declension a small, sharp or pointed stone (figuratively) anxiety; uneasiness; difficulty; doubt; scruple Synonym: scrūpus ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Old French: scrupule French: scrupule → English: scruple → Classical Gaelic: scrupul Irish: scrupall → German: Skrupel → Italian: scrupolo → Portuguese: escrópulo, escrúpulo → Polish: skrupuł → Russian: скрупул (skrupul) → Sicilian: scrùpulu → Spanish: escrúpulo === References === “scrupulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “scrupulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "scrupulus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “scrupulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.