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The sixtieth part of an hour was called by the Romans scrupŭlum, and the sixtieth part of a minute was scrupŭlum secundum.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.