scrupulous
scrupulous
adj.
Pious: P. and V. εὐσεβής.
Keeping one’s oath: P. and V. εὔορκος.
Trustworthy: P. and V. πιστός ; see trustworthy.
Exact: P. and V. ἀκρῑβής.
Inclined to hesitate: P. ὀκνηρός.
adj.
Pious: P. and V. εὐσεβής.
Keeping one’s oath: P. and V. εὔορκος.
Trustworthy: P. and V. πιστός ; see trustworthy.
Exact: P. and V. ἀκρῑβής.
Inclined to hesitate: P. ὀκνηρός.
SCRUPULOUS
anxius: anxius et sollicitus: religiosus: scrupulosus (post-Augustan in this sense; or by the substantive). Over-scrupulous care *minuta et anxia diligentia
anxius: anxius et sollicitus: religiosus: scrupulosus (post-Augustan in this sense; or by the substantive). Over-scrupulous care *minuta et anxia diligentia
scrupulous (adj.):
1. relĭgiōsus (implying extreme conscientiousness): the s. state ordered the consul to vow games and a present to Jupiter, civitas r. ludos Jovi donumque vovere consulem jussit, Liv. 31, 9, ad fin.: throughout those days also s. husbandmen abstain from agricultural labours, per hos quoque dies abstinent terrenis operibus agricolae r., Col. 11, 2, fin.
2. sanctus (unimpeachable, highly upright and conscientious). Join: in publicis religionibus sanctus et diligens, Cic. Verr. 5, 19, 49: v.UPRIGHT .
3. dīlĭgens, anxius; sollĭcĭtus: v.ANXIOUS , CAREFUL . (N.B.--Scrupulosus in this sense late, and best avoided.)
1. relĭgiōsus (implying extreme conscientiousness): the s. state ordered the consul to vow games and a present to Jupiter, civitas r. ludos Jovi donumque vovere consulem jussit, Liv. 31, 9, ad fin.: throughout those days also s. husbandmen abstain from agricultural labours, per hos quoque dies abstinent terrenis operibus agricolae r., Col. 11, 2, fin.
2. sanctus (unimpeachable, highly upright and conscientious). Join: in publicis religionibus sanctus et diligens, Cic. Verr. 5, 19, 49: v.
3. dīlĭgens, anxius; sollĭcĭtus: v.