scrupulum

Latin

Etymology

Presumably the noun "unit of weight" derives from scrūpulus (“small pebble”), but the Oxford English Dictionary notes that "some scholars dispute the identity of the word" as a consequence of the common alternative forms in -ī-.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

scrūpulum

  1. accusative singular of scrūpulus

Noun

scrūpulum n (genitive scrūpulī); second declension

  1. a unit of weight, corresponding to one twenty-fourth of an uncia (Roman ounce)
    Alternative forms: scrīpulum, scrīptulum, scrīptlum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative scrūpulum scrūpula
genitive scrūpulī scrūpulōrum
dative scrūpulō scrūpulīs
accusative scrūpulum scrūpula
ablative scrūpulō scrūpulīs
vocative scrūpulum scrūpula

References

  1. ^ “scruple, n.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  • “scrupulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “scrupulum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “scrupulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “scrupulum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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