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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=scrupus scrupi N F :: worry, anxiety<br />scrupus scrupus scrupi N M :: [[sharp stone]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>scrūpus</b>: i, m.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., a [[rough]] or [[sharp]] [[stone]]: * scrupi dicuntur aspera saxa et difficilia attrectatu, Fest. pp. 332 and 333 Müll. ([[very]] [[rare]]): cum horā [[paene]] totā per omnes scrupos traxissemus cruentos [[pedes]], Petr. 79, 3: [[scrupus]] [[proprie]] est [[lapillus]] [[brevis]], Serv. Verg. A. 6, 238; Avien. Descr. Orb. 503.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., [[anxiety]], [[solicitude]], [[uneasiness]] (for the [[usual]] [[scrupulus]], q. v. II.): [[quod]] vacua metu, curā, sollicitudine, periculo [[vita]] bonorum virorum [[sit]]: [[contra]] [[autem]] improbis [[semper]] [[aliqui]] [[scrupus]] in animis haereat, Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>scrūpus</b>,¹⁶ ī, m.,<br /><b>1</b> pierre pointue : Fest. 333 ; P. Fest. 332 ; Petr. 79, 3 ; Serv. En. 6, 238<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] anxiété, souci, inquiétude : Cic. Rep. 3, 26.
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{{Georges
|georg=scrūpus, ī, m., I) der spitze [[Stein]], Petron. u. Spät. – II) bildl. = [[scrupulus]] no. II (w. s.), Cic. de rep. 3, 26.
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