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“scruple” in Latin
dubitātiōdoubt, uncertainty; wavering, hesitation; questioningcūnctātiōdelay; hesitation; inactivity; dawdlinghaesitātiōhesitation, hesitating; stammering; irresolution, perplexity, embarrassmentscrūpulusa small, sharp or pointed stone; anxiety; uneasiness; difficulty; doubt; scruplereligiōscrupulousness, conscientious exactness; piety, religious scruple, religious awe, superstition, strict religious observascrīpŭluma scrupleīnferōto carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert; to bring forward, introduce,iniciōto throw, cast, hurl or place in, on, into, upon, over or at; to grasp, seize, take hold of, lay one's hands upon; to seincutiōto strike on, against, into; to inspire with, inflict, excitedubitōto waver (in opinion), be uncertain, doubt, question, be in doubt; to waver (in coming to a decision), hesitate, delay;
The English word scruple itself goes back to Latin scrūpus, through scrūpulus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
scruple s.
Doubt, difficulty, dubitatio: cunctatio (a delaying): haesitatio (hesitation): scrupulus (a disquieting doubt): religio (a scruple of conscience). To make, raise, or cause a scruple, dubitationem afferre, inferre, injicere, dare; scrupulum alicui injicere, incutere: to make a scruple about anything, aliquid in religionem trahere; aliquid religioni habere: I make no scruple about it, nulla mihi religio est (Hor., Sat., 1, 9, 70). I make no scruple, have or feel no scruple in doing anything, religio mihi non est quominus, etc. (Vid: Cic., Cat., 3, 6, 15). Without any scruple (you can do so and so), sine sollicitudine religionis (Trajanus, ap. Plin., Ep., 10, 62, in.). To remove a scruple, dubitationem alicui praecidere, tollere, expellere; scrupulum alicui eximere or ex animo evellere; religionem alicui evellere; religionem alicui eximere. I have still one scruple, unus mihi restat scrupulus. I am disturbed by a scruple, scrupulus me stimulat ac pungit. There is a scruple whether or not, consultatio tenet, ne, etc. (Liv., 2, 3). If the slightest scruple should seem to exist, si tenuissimus scrupulus residere videbitur: without scruple, nulla interposita dubitatione; sine ulla dubitatione.
(As a weight)(As a weight), scripulum or scrupulum, and sometimes scrupulus: of a scruple weighing a scruple, scripularis, scrupularis: by scruples, scripulatim, scrupulatim
scruple v.
dubitare: haesitare: cunctari. Vid: HESITATE.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for scruple?
- The usual Latin words for “scruple” are dubitātiō, cūnctātiō, haesitātiō; also scrūpulus, religiō, scrīpŭlum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.