scrutator

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

scrūtātor, ōris, m. [scrutor], a searcher, scrutinizer, examiner, investigator (postAug.).

I Lit.: salutatoribus scrutatores semper apposuit, Suet. Claud. 35; Just. 38, 1, 9.—Poet.: profundi pelagi, i. e. fishermen , Stat. S. 3, 1, 84; 3, 3, 92: auri, Luc. 4, 298.—

II Trop., an examiner , investigator : fati, Luc. 5, 122: cognitionum, Amm. 22, 8, 10: cordis, Vulg. Sap. 1, 6.

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