noun
scrīpŭlum
Meaning
- a scruple
scrīpŭlum (scriplum, scriptŭ-lum, scriptlum), i, n., corrupt collat. form of scrupulus, which became the prevailing one in the sense of
I. a scruple, a small weight; v. scrupulus, I. B.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
scrīpulum (scrūp-) ī, n
collat. form of scrupulus, the smallest measure of weight, a scruple, one twenty-fourth of an uncia : argenti scripulum: Quinque marathri scrupula, O.