indagator

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

indāgātor, ōris, m. [1. indago],

I one who traces out , a tracker of prey, Isid. Orig. 10 fin. : apum, one who hunts swarms of bees , Col. 9, 8, 12: aquarum, a hunter of springs (= aquilex), id. 2, 2, 20.—

II Transf., an investigator , searcher : celatūm (for celatorum), Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 14: rerum naturalium, Ser. Samm. ap. Macr. S. 2, 12, 7; Vitr. 1, 6, 6.

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