scrutarius

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

scrūtārĭus, a, um [scruta].

I Adj., of or belonging to trash , frippery , or trumpery : SERVVS, perh. a dealer in such things , Inscr. Orell. 2954.—

II Subst. *

A scrū-tārĭus , ii, m., a dealer in second-hand clothes , a broker , ragman , Lucil. ap. Gell. 3, 14, 10 (v. scruta).—*

B scrūtārĭa , ae, f., the business of a scrutarius, Ap. Met. 4, 8, 27.—*

Cscrūtārĭum , γρυτοπωλεῖον, Gloss. Gr. Lat.