scrupus

ἀντὶ λέοντος πίθηκον γίγνεσθαι → become a monkey instead of a lion

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

scrūpus: i, m.
I 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.—
II 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.