catascopus
From LSJ
Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cătascŏpus: i, m., = κατάσκοπος (exploring, spying (cătascŏpĭum, ii, n., Gell. 10, 25 fin.), = κατασκόπιον,
I a lookoutship, a spy-ship, a vessel sent out to reconnoitre (pure Lat. navigium speculatorium), Auct. B. Afr. 26; cf. Isid. Orig. 19, 1, 18.
