scrupeus

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

scrūpĕus: a, um, adj. scrupus.
I Lit., consisting of pointed or sharp stones; sharp, rough, steep, rugged (poet. and rare): saxum, Enn. ap. Fest. s. v. scrupi, p. 333 Müll. (Trag. v. 139 Vahl.): spelunca, Verg. A. 6, 238: vada (undae), Sen. Agam. 556; cf. ora (Ismeni), Stat. Th. 9, 411: rupes, Ambros. Ep. 6, 13.—
II Trop., hard, severe: ille (Achilles) scrupeā scholā eruditus, Tert. Pall. 4: difficultas, Aus. Idyll. 12 praef.—Subst.: scrūpĕa, ae, f., difficulty: reicis abs te religionem: scrupeam imponas tibi? Att. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 65 M. (Trag. Rel. v. 431 Rib.).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

scrūpĕus,¹⁵ a, um (scrupus), rocailleux, âpre : Enn. d. Fest. 333 ; Virg. En. 6, 238 || semé d’écueils : Sen. Ag. 556 || [fig.] rude, pénible, difficile : Tert. Pall. 4 ; Aus. Idyll. 12, præf.