"scrupulum" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈskruː.pʊ.ɫũː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈskruː.pu.lum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: scrūpulum [canonical]
Etymology: Presumably the noun "unit of weight" derives from scrūpulus (“small pebble”), but the Oxford English Dictionary notes that "some scholars dispute the identity of the word" as a consequence of the common alternative forms in -ī-. Etymology templates: {{sup|1}} ¹ Head templates: {{head|la|noun form|head=scrūpulum}} scrūpulum
  1. accusative singular of scrūpulus Tags: accusative, form-of, singular Form of: scrūpulus
    Sense id: en-scrupulum-la-noun-TH4ze~1q

Noun

IPA: [ˈskruː.pʊ.ɫũː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈskruː.pu.lum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Presumably the noun "unit of weight" derives from scrūpulus (“small pebble”), but the Oxford English Dictionary notes that "some scholars dispute the identity of the word" as a consequence of the common alternative forms in -ī-. Etymology templates: {{sup|1}} ¹ Head templates: {{la-noun|scrūpulum<2>}} scrūpulum n (genitive scrūpulī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|scrūpulum<2>}} Forms: scrūpulum [canonical, neuter], scrūpulī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], scrūpulum [nominative, singular], scrūpula [nominative, plural], scrūpulī [genitive, singular], scrūpulōrum [genitive, plural], scrūpulō [dative, singular], scrūpulīs [dative, plural], scrūpulum [accusative, singular], scrūpula [accusative, plural], scrūpulō [ablative, singular], scrūpulīs [ablative, plural], scrūpulum [singular, vocative], scrūpula [plural, vocative]
  1. a unit of weight, corresponding to one twenty-fourth of an uncia (Roman ounce) Tags: declension-2 Related terms: scrīpulum [alternative], scrīptulum [alternative], scrīptlum [alternative]
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