scrutator
ὦ δυσπάλαιστον γῆρας, ὡς μισῶ σ' ἔχων, μισῶ δ' ὅσοι χρῄζουσιν ἐκτείνειν βίον, βρωτοῖσι καὶ ποτοῖσι καὶ μαγεύμασι παρεκτρέποντες ὀχετὸν ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν: οὓς χρῆν, ἐπειδὰν μηδὲν ὠφελῶσι γῆν, θανόντας ἔρρειν κἀκποδὼν εἶναι νέοις → Old age, resistless foe, how do I loathe your presence! Them too I loathe, whoever desire to lengthen out the span of life, seeking to turn the tide of death aside by food and drink and magic spells; those whom death should take away to leave the young their place, when they no more can benefit the world
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
scrūtātor: ōris, m. scrutor,
I 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.
