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Latin
Etymology
Uncertain. 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
Noun
scrūpus m (genitive scrūpī); second declension
- A rough or sharp stone.
- (figuratively) Anxiety, uneasiness, solicitude.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
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References
- ^ 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
- “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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016