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Δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσωGive me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth.

Archimedes

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

scrūpōsus: a, um, adj. scrupus.
I Lit., full of sharp or rough stones, jagged, rough, rugged (poet. and in post-class. prose): specus, Att. ap. Non. 223, 2; cf. saxa, Luc. 5, 675; App. M. 6, p. 187, 6: Pyrene, Grat. Cyn. 514: via, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 82: ager, App. Flor. 2, p. 348, 20: per asperitates scruposas, Amm. 31, 8, 4.—*
II Trop., rough, hard, arduous: ratio, Lucr. 4, 523.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

scrūpōsus,¹⁵ a, um (scrupus), rocailleux, âpre : Pl. Capt. 185 ; Luc. 5, 675 || pierreux : Apul. Flor. 2 || [fig.] rude, difficile : Lucr. 4, 523.