scrupulum.
unit of weight (1/24 unica, 1/288 libra); 1/288 of any unit (esp. iugerum);
Meaning & usage
a unit of weight, corresponding to one twenty-fourth of an uncia (Roman ounce)
Where this word comes from
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-.
accusative singular of scrūpulus
Where this word comes from
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-.
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