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scrupulus
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scrūpŭlus | scrīŭplum | scrīpŭlum | scrū-pŭlum | scriptŭlum | scriptlum (noun M) : (, etc.
* V.infra, B.), , m.dim.scrupus. *
* Lit., a small sharp or pointed stone: ater scrupulus,Sol. 7.
* Transf.
* Trop., a pricking, stinging, uneasy sensation; hence
* Of other measures.
* The twenty-fourth part of an uncia of land (the 288th part of a jugerum), Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 2; Col. 5, 1, 8.
* The twenty-fourth part of an hour: QVAE HIC DORMIT VIXIT ANN. XXI. MENS. III. HOR. IV. SCRVPVLOS VI.,Inscr. Fabr. p. 97, 219 (ap. Orell. 4718, n. 1); M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Caes. 2, 9.
* Of any other very small measure, Front. Aquaed. 26; Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 48.
* Uneasiness, difficulty, trouble, anxiety, doubt, scruple (class.): hunc sibi ex animo scrupulum, qui se dies noctesque stimulat ac pungit, ut evellatis postulat,Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6: sui scripulus tenuissimus residere aliquis videbitur,id. Har. Resp. 5, 11: mihi unus scrupulus restat,Ter. And. 5, 4, 37: qui fuit in re hac scrupulus,id. Phorm. 5, 8, 30: injeci scrupulum homini,id. Ad. 2, 2, 20; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 61; cf.: nummi potius addantur quam ullus sit scrupulus,Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 5; cf.: hic tum injectus est hominibus scrupulus et quaedam dubitatio, quidnam esset actum,Cic. Clu. 28, 76; Suet. Claud. 37: exime hunc mihi scrupulum, cui par esse non possum,Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 2; cf. id. ib. 6, 8, 7: omnis surculus ... sine scrupulo egregie inseritur,without scruple, without hesitation,Col. 5, 11, 1; Vulg. 1 Reg. 25, 31: scrupulus non mediocris me carpebat,App. M. 6, p. 184, 11.—With gen.: domesticarum sollicitudinum aculeos omnes et scrupulos occultabo,Cic. Att. 1, 18, 2: reus scrupulo quaestionis liberatur,App. Mag. p. 305 med.
* A painfully minute examination, a subtlety, Gell. 5, 15, 9.
* V.infra, B.), , m.dim.scrupus. *
* Lit., a small sharp or pointed stone: ater scrupulus,Sol. 7.
* Transf.
* Trop., a pricking, stinging, uneasy sensation; hence
* Of other measures.
* The twenty-fourth part of an uncia of land (the 288th part of a jugerum), Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 2; Col. 5, 1, 8.
* The twenty-fourth part of an hour: QVAE HIC DORMIT VIXIT ANN. XXI. MENS. III. HOR. IV. SCRVPVLOS VI.,Inscr. Fabr. p. 97, 219 (ap. Orell. 4718, n. 1); M. Aur. ap. Front. Ep. ad Caes. 2, 9.
* Of any other very small measure, Front. Aquaed. 26; Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 48.
* Uneasiness, difficulty, trouble, anxiety, doubt, scruple (class.): hunc sibi ex animo scrupulum, qui se dies noctesque stimulat ac pungit, ut evellatis postulat,Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6: sui scripulus tenuissimus residere aliquis videbitur,id. Har. Resp. 5, 11: mihi unus scrupulus restat,Ter. And. 5, 4, 37: qui fuit in re hac scrupulus,id. Phorm. 5, 8, 30: injeci scrupulum homini,id. Ad. 2, 2, 20; id. Phorm. 5, 7, 61; cf.: nummi potius addantur quam ullus sit scrupulus,Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1; App. M. 1, p. 107, 5; cf.: hic tum injectus est hominibus scrupulus et quaedam dubitatio, quidnam esset actum,Cic. Clu. 28, 76; Suet. Claud. 37: exime hunc mihi scrupulum, cui par esse non possum,Plin. Ep. 3, 17, 2; cf. id. ib. 6, 8, 7: omnis surculus ... sine scrupulo egregie inseritur,without scruple, without hesitation,Col. 5, 11, 1; Vulg. 1 Reg. 25, 31: scrupulus non mediocris me carpebat,App. M. 6, p. 184, 11.—With gen.: domesticarum sollicitudinum aculeos omnes et scrupulos occultabo,Cic. Att. 1, 18, 2: reus scrupulo quaestionis liberatur,App. Mag. p. 305 med.
* A painfully minute examination, a subtlety, Gell. 5, 15, 9.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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