scrupulus

scrūpŭlus (scrīŭplum, etc., v. infra, B.), i, m. dim. [scrupus]. *

• I Lit., a small sharp or pointed stone: ater scrupulus, Sol. 7.—
• • B Transf.
  • • 1 T. t., the smallest division of weight (the 24th part of an ounce), a scruple; in this sense the neutr. collat. form scrīpŭlum (less commonly scrū-pŭlum; also written, because of a fancied derivation from scriptum, scriptŭlum, scriptlum) is most freq.: scriptulum, quod nunc vulgo sine t dicunt, Varro ap. Plautin. dixit. Idem tertio Annali. Is (nummus argenteus) quattuor scriptulis major fuit quam nunc est, Charis. p. 81: si ibi auri scrupulum imponatur, etc., Vitr. 7, 8 med.: scripula octo, Col. 12, 28, 1: picis sex scripula, id. 12, 23, 2; Cic. Att. 4, 16, 13: quinque marathri scrupula, Ov. Med. Fac. 92: scripulum nostri dixere priores, Rhem. Fan. Pond. 8 sq.: ita ut scripulum valeret sestertiis vicenis, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 47: scrupulum, Val. Max. 4, 4, 9: scriptula, Mart. 4, 89, 3; 10, 55, 3.—
    • 2 Of other measures.
    • • a 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.—
      • b 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.—
      • c Of any other very small measure, Front. Aquaed. 26; Plin. 2, 10, 7, § 48.—
• II Trop., a pricking, stinging, uneasy sensation; hence,
• • • 1 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. 940: qui fuit in re hac scrupulus, id. Phorm. 1019: injeci scrupulum homini, id. Ad. 228; id. Phorm. 954; cf.: nummi potius addantur quam ullus sit scrupulus, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1; Ap. Met. 1, 11, 4; 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, Ap. Met. 6, 26, 17.—With gen.: domesticarum sollicitudinum aculeos omnes et scrupulos occultabo, Cic. Att. 1, 18, 2: reus scrupulo quaestionis liberatur, Ap. Apol. p. 305 med.—
    • 2 A painfully minute examination, a subtlety, Gell. 5, 15, 9.

scrūpulus (in Hdschrn. auch scrīpulus), ī, m. (Demin. v. scrupus), I) das spitze Steinchen, Solin. 7, 4 u. 53, 25. Donat. Ter. Andr. 5, 4, 37. – II) bildl.: 1) = scripulum, Corp. inscr. Lat. 11, 1513. – 2) das stechende, ängstliche Gefühl, die Ängstlichkeit, Besorgnis, Bedenklichkeit, die Unruhe, der beunruhigende Zweifel, a) übh.: at mi unus scruplus (so!) etiam restat, Ter.: scr. tenuissimus residet, Cic.: scrupulum ex animo evellere, Cic.: scr. alci inicere, jmdm. einen Floh ins Ohr setzen, Ter. u. Cic.: scr. eximere alci, Plin. ep.: sine scrupulo, ohne Bedenken, Colum. – mit Genet., quaestionis, Apul. apol. 48. – b) die ängstliche, kleinliche Grübelei, Gell. 5, 15, 9. – ➳ Nbf. scripulum s. bes.

scrupulus [CL] 1 small stone. ~us, lapillus brevis GlC S 197; ~us, lytel stan Ælf. Gl. 148; scrupus et ~us, i. lapis qui cum inciderit in calciamentum gravis fit Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 89; circumferencia rote ferro clavis munito vestiatur, ne ~orum [gl.: parvorum lapidum] insidias vel offendicula ‥ non [sic] pavescat Neckam Ut. 108; calx, scrupus et scrupulus Garl. Syn. 1586A; hic ~us, A. a lytyl stone WW. 2 small unit of weight (usu. of gold or silver). b (spec., equiv. to one twenty-fourth of an ounce). c (transf., as measure of time). emit ‥ cornu in pretio vj unciarum argenti et scripulum in pretio xij vaccarum Lib. Landav. 203; si super sextarium argenti vivi ‥ superponas ‥ auri ~um levitatem ejus raptim sinu recipit Neckam NR II 55; argentum si detur limatum ‥ ad pondus; †scrilingi [l. scripuli] ‥ in quolibet die ‥ est optima medicina Gad. 48. 1.  b dragma viij pars uncie est et denarii pondus argenti. tribus constat scripulis, id est xviij siliquis Comm. Cant. app. p. 562; uncia: xxiv scripuli ‥ scripulus: vj siliquae Bede TR 4; uncia ‥ dividitur ‥ in xxiiij, que dicuntur scripuli Thurkill Abac. f. 62; dragma habet pondus trium ~orum, ~us habet pondus xx granorum Alph. 188.  c 799 licet haec optima [sc. lunaris cursus supputatio] ‥ usque ad unum scripulum vel silicum distincte et caute currere intellegatur Alcuin Ep. 171. 3 stumbling block, problem, something that causes difficulty, perplexity, anxiety, or doubt; b (w. defining gen.); c (w. ref. to physical blemish, app. as synom. of macula). quidam scandalum Graece, Latine ~um dicunt Bede Mark 227B; si cui in scropulum occurrerit quare ‥ Alea Evang. 174.  b postquam ancipitem metricae artis ~um luce clarius degessisti Aldh. Met. 10 p. 96; quod dominus rex ad omnem unguem dissensionis illius ~um complanasset P. Blois Ep. 124. 368A; 1515 ne in recidive contencionis ~um relabantur Dign. Dec. 53.  c caro carens scrupulo / levem tactum non offendit P. Blois Carm. 8. 5. 45 (cf. J. Howd. Ph. 1052: caro carens terrestri macula). 4 perplexity, anxiety, doubt, uneasiness; b (w. defining gen. of doubt, misgiving, hesitation, or fear); c (w. conscientiae); d (w. movere, excitare, or sim. & dat. of person). e (habere in ~o) to regard with unease. absque ~orum obstaculo haec esse creduntur Aldh. PR 116; auctoritatem magnorum sequens doctorum, quae in illorum opusculis inveni, absque ~o suscipienda credidi Bede Retract. 998A; ~um, sollicitudo GlC S 169; scripulum legimus pro cura Ib. 197; ~um, ynca Ælf. Gl. 107; hic ~us ‥ i. anxietas et molestia Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 537; quia nihil unde ~us circiter hec oriri possit indiscussum reliquisse videtur, epistolam ‥ hic inserere dignum duxi Gir. GE II 14; propter cordium ~as et titubaciones ‥ evellendas et evitandas Favent 24; an hevynes, aporia, gravitas ‥ scrupus, ~us, ~a est anime CathA.  b in versu xiij sillabarum quot scemata sunt? quinque sine dubitationis ~o Aldh. Met. 10; sine ancipiti ambiguitatis ~o [gl.: i. sollicitudine, molestia, þrydunge vel emhidi, ~um, contumelia, languor, anxietas] Id. VirgP 11; ut possit mensuram quam quaerit plene, et absque ~o dubietatis tenere Bede Tab. 470C; adjecit confiteri ei cujusdam formidinis ~um, qui ab annis puerilibus animo insederat Ad. Eyns. Hug. V 18; sine omni dubietatis ~o affirmantes illum mortis persolvisse debitum Hist. Arthuri 90.  c verbi ambiguum et conscientie mee ~um vestre committendo dispositioni D. Lond. Ep. 13; confidenter et absque omni conscientie ~o revertamur H. Bos. Thom. IV 29 p. 455; Brandanus ‥ de morte juvenis submersi ~um conscientie incurrit (Brendanus 82) VSH I 140; 1344 pro serenacione quorundam qui ~um consciencie ‥ paciuntur StatOx 145.  d illis fribula ~um [gl.: dubium, wenena] moventia confingentibus Aldh. VirgP 44; id vero ~um nec ulli moveat, licet horum ordo preposterus V. Greg. p. 106; versari coeperunt quidnam esset hoc novum, quod ~um multis excitavit Felix Guthl. 8; [conjunx] sensu pene carens ‥ grande viro scrupulum congesserat, extima vitae / spectanti dum preteritae spiramina reddat Frith. 866; non parvo moveor ~o W. Malm. GP II 75.  e curam ‥ regni sui ‥ pretermisit. quamobrem ab omni plebe ‥ habitus est in ~o Bower VIII 6. 5 suspicion, hint, slight indication: a (w. defining gen.); b (w. adj.); c (in statement frequently quoted from canon law, (Gratian Decretum) PL CLXXXVII 401A). a 717 his omnibus absque ~o falsitatis ita se habentibus Bonif. Ep. 9; ut ‥ mas maribus, femina feminis sine ullo suspicionis ~o [gl.: wenan twynunge] subveniret RegulC 3; in omnibus Deum benedicere, illique indesinenter sine omni murmurationis ~o debemus adherere Alex. Cant. Dicta 13 p. 158.  b tonsuram ‥ que deceat habeant honestam sine ~o angulari, crinibus ad rote speciem succisis Reg. S. Paul. 44.  c nec caret ~o societatis occulte qui manifesto facinori desinit obviare Bart. Exon. Pen. 120 (cf. H. Bos. Thom. IV 22, Gir. JS III 219, Ockham Dial. 543).

scrūpŭlus, (13) ī, m. (dim. de scrupus ), ¶ 1 petite pierre pointue : Sol. 7, 4 ; 53, 25 ; Don. Andr. 940 ¶ 2 [fig.] sentiment dʼinquiétude, embarras, souci, scrupule : Ter. Andr. 940 ; alicui ex animo scrupulum evellere Cic. Amer. 6, arracher de lʼesprit de qqn un souci [cf. en franç., une épine], cf. Cic. Har. 11 ; Att. 2, 4, 1 ; scrupulum injicere alicui Cic. Clu. 76, inspirer à qqn des inquiétudes ; domesticarum sollicitudinum aculei et scrupuli Cic. Att. 1, 18, 2, les aiguillons et les épines de mes soucis domestiques ¶ 3 recherches subtiles, vétilles : Gell. 5, 15, 9.

➳ les mss ont souvent scripulus.

scrupulus , i. m. (scrupus.)
入鞋之小石。虧心事。Unus — mihi restat 吾尙有一疑。Scrupulum injicere 使人忌之。

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scrūpŭlus, i, m.: sassolino, pietruzza Sol.

scrūpulus (scrīp-) ī, m dim.

• scrupus, a sharp bit of stone; hence, uneasiness, difficulty, trouble, anxiety, doubt, restlessness, scruple: mihi unus scrupulus restat, T.: Inieci scrupulum homini, T.: tenuissimus: nummi potius reddantur quam ullus sit scrupulus: scrupulus et quaedam dubitatio, quidnam esset actum: sollicitudinum aculeos et scrupulos occultabo.