scriptlum

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

Lit., a small sharp or pointed stone:

ater scrupulus,

Sol. 7.—

Transf.

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.—

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.—

Trop., a pricking, stinging, uneasy sensation; hence,

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.

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

Lit., a small sharp or pointed stone:

ater scrupulus,

Sol. 7.—

Transf.

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.—

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.—

Trop., a pricking, stinging, uneasy sensation; hence,

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.