speculator

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

speculātor ōris, m

speculor, a looker-out, spy, scout, explorer : undique speculatores citi sese ostendunt, S.: quem speculatorem quam legatum iudicari maluerunt: re per speculatores cognitā, Cs.: Carthaginiensis, L.— An explorer, inquirer, investigator, examiner : naturae: ad has excipiendas voces speculator missus, L.