scruple (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Doubt, difficulty, hesitation, arising from the questionable propriety of an act1. relĭgio (s. of conscience)2. scrūpŭlus (uneasiness of mind, difficulty, embarrassment)3. dŭbĭtātio, cunctātioII. A weight or measure • scruple (subs.): I. Doubt, difficulty, hesitation, arising from the questionable propriety of an act: 1. relĭgio (s. of conscience): to raise a s. in any one's mind, injicere r. alicui, Cic. Caec. 33, 97: so, oblata religio Cornuto est, a s. was raised in his mind, id. Fam. 10, 12, med.: and, afferre r., id. de Or. 2, 90, fin.: I have no s. about it, nulla mihi r. est, Hor. S. 1, 9, 70: r. mihi non est quominus ..., Cic. Cat. 3, 6, 15. 2. scrūpŭlus (uneasiness of mind, difficulty, embarrassment): without s., sine s., Col. 5, 11 (not so in Cic.). Join: scrupulus et quaedam dubitatio (an uneasy, perplexed feeling), Cic. Clu. 28, 76. 3. dŭbĭtātio, cunctātio: v. doubt, hesitation. II. A weight or measure: scrūpŭlus (usu. in neuter, scrupulum or scripulum): if a s. of gold is put in there, si ibi auri s. imponatur, Vitr. 7, 8, med.: eight s.s, scripula octo, Col. 12, 28, 1. Of a s.: weighing a s., scrūpŭlāris, Plin. 33, 8, 43 (scripulari differentia). By scruples (in weight), scrūpŭlatim (scripul.), Plin. 22, 24, 56, med.