scrutor
Latin > English
scrutor scrutari, scrutatus sum V DEP :: search/probe/examine carefully/thoroughly; explore/scan/scrutinize/investigate
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
scrūtor: āri, ātus,
I v. dep. a. scruta; cf.: γρυτεύει,> scrutatur, Gloss. Philox.], qs. to search even to the rags, i. e. to search carefully, examine thoroughly, explore a thing; to search, examine a person (syn.: indago, rimo).
I Lit., of things: domos, naves, Cic. Vatin. 5, 12: loca abdita, Sall. J. 12, 5: omnia foramina parietum scrutatur, Petr. 98, 1: paleam, id. 33, 4: terraï abdita ferro, Lucr. 6, 809: ignem gladio, Hor. S. 2, 3, 276: lumina manibus, Sen. Oedip. 965: scrutatus sum quae potui et quae vidi omnia: inveni duos solos libellos, etc., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 182; cf. Tac. H. 4, 1: L. Crassus spiculis prope scrutatus est Alpes, Cic. Pis. 26, 62: occulta saltuum, Tac. A. 1, 61: mare, id. Agr. 30; id. G. 45; cf.: scrutandi orbis gratiā, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 9: canis scrutatur vestigia (ferarum), id. 8, 40, 61, § 147: venantium latibula scrutatus, Curt. 6, 5, 17: vias presso ore (canis), Sen. Thyest. 499: equorum delicta scrutantes, Amm. 14, 6, 25.—Of personal objects: Eu. Ostende huc manum dexteram ... Nunc laevam ostende ... Jam scrutari mitto, to search you, Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 24: non excutio te, non scrutor, Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97; so of searching, Asin. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 1: consuetudinem salutantes scrutandi, Suet. Vesp. 12 fin.; and of a searching for spoil, Tac. H. 3, 25.—
B Transf., to seek for, search out a thing (post-Aug. and very rare): venas melini inter saxa, Plin. 35, 6, 19, § 37: iter, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 172; cf. infra, II. B.—
II Trop., to examine thoroughly; to explore, investigate: quod est ante pedes nemo spectat: caeli scrutantur plagas, Enn. ap. Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30; Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30 (Trag. v. 277 Vahl.): omnes sordes, id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 3, § 11; cf: nomina ac vultus, alacritatem tristitiamque coëuntium, Tac. A. 16, 5: animos ceterorum secretis sermonibus, id. H. 4, 55: voluntatem, Quint. 2, 4, 26: locos, ex quibus argumenta eruamus, Cic. de Or 2, 34, 146; cf. id. Part. 3, 8: desinamus aliquando ea scrutari, quae sunt inania, id. Rosc. Am. 30, 83; cf.: quod non ratione scrutabimur, non poterimus invenire nisi casu, Quint. 5, 10, 22: interiores et reconditas litteras, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42: origines nominum, Quint. 1, 4, 25: omnia minutius et scrupulosius, id. 5, 14, 28: inferiora quoque, id. 7, 1, 27: exoletos auctores, id. 8, 2, 12: scripturas, Vulg. Johan. 5, 39.—Absol.: totum diem mecum scrutor, facta ac dicta mea remetior, Sen. Ira, 3, 36, 3.—
B Transf. (cf. supra, I. B.), to search into; to search out, find out a thing (so not till after the Aug. per.): fibras Inspiciunt, mentes deum scrutantur in illis, Ov. M. 15, 137: finem principis per Chaldaeos, Tac. A. 12, 52: sua Caesarisque fata, id. ib. 16, 14: arcanum ullius, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 37: ut causas hujus infinitae differentiae scrutetur, Tac. Or. 15; cf. Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 11: harenarum numerum et montium pondera scrutari, Amm. 14, 11, 34.—P. a.: scrūtans, antis (late Lat.), perh. only in sup., that most closely examines: militaris rei ordinum scrutantissimus, Amm. 30, 9, 4.— Hence, adv.: scrūtanter, searchingly, Ambros. Ep. 80.Act. collat. form scrūto, āre, acc. to Prisc. p. 799 P; cf. γρυτεύω,> scruto, Gloss. Philox.—Hence,
b scrūtor, ātus, pass., Amm. 28, 1, 10; 15, 8, 16; Aur. Vict. Orig. 6, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
scrūtor,¹⁰ ātus sum, ārī, tr.,
1 fouiller, visiter, explorer : domos, naves Cic. Vat. 12, fouiller les maisons, les navires, cf. Cic. Pis. 62 ; Verr. 2, 2, 182 ; aliquem Pollio d. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 1, fouiller qqn, cf. Suet. Vesp. 12 || [fig.] locos ex quibus argumenta eruamus Cic. de Or. 2, 146, explorer les lieux communs pour en tirer des arguments, cf. Cic. Q. 1, 1, 11 ; Nat. 3, 42, etc.
2 rechercher : venas inter saxa Plin. 35, 37, chercher des filons parmi les rochers ; mentes deum Ov. M. 15, 137, rechercher les volontés des dieux [dans les entrailles des victimes] ; arcanum alicujus Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 37, chercher à pénétrer les secrets de qqn, cf. Tac. Ann. 12, 52 ; 16, 14 || scrutans avec interr. indir., cherchant à savoir : Curt. 8, 2, 6 ; 8, 3, 12. formes act. scruto, āre Amm. 15, 5, 30 ; Prisc. Gramm. 8, 29 || sens pass. a) scrutari Amm. 28, 1, 10 ; 29, 2, 27 ; b) part. scrutatus Val. Max. 1, 8, 2 ; 8, 13, 3 ; Sen. Ep. 110, 13.
Latin > German (Georges)
scrūtor, ātus sum, āri (scruta), I) umwühlend durchsuchen, durchstöbern, durchwühlen, 1) eig.: domos, naves, Cic.: Alpes, Cic.: mare, Tac.: abdita loca, Sall.: calles, Curt.: gladio ignem, mit dem Schw. ins Feuer stören, Hor.: poet., imas animae mucrone corusco latebras, tief in die Brust stechen, Stat. Theb. 1, 615. – persönl. Objj., alqm, Nep. u.a.: tabellarios, Asin. Poll. in Cic. ep.: semianimem, durchsuchend plündern, Tac.: non excutio te, si quid forte ferri habuisti, non scrutor te, Cic. – 2) bildl. = nachforschen, durchforschen, untersuchen, zu erforschen suchen, omnes sordes, Cic.: locos, ex quibus argumenta eruamus, Cic.: animos ceterorum, Tac.: exoletos auctores, Quint.: m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, ubi, cur et unde sint verba, scrutantur, Varro. – II) übtr., nach etw. suchen, forschen, etw. aufsuchen, venas inter saxa, Plin.: iter, Claud.: dominorum abdita, Tac. – abstr. Objj., arcanum, Hor.: mentes deûm, Ov.: fata alcis, Tac.: m. folg. indir. Fragesatz, scrutantes (nachforschend), quid occuleret, Curt. 8, 3 (12), 12: scrutans (nachsinnend), num irā deorum ad tantum nefas actus esset, Curt. 8, 2 (6), 6. – / Aktive Nbf. scrūto, āvī, āre, wov. scrutabamus, Amm. 15, 5, 30: scrutavit, Itala (frgm. Weingart.) Ioël 1, 71 Ranke: scrutare, Min. Fel. 5, 5 (vgl. Prisc. 8, 29 u. Gloss. II, 265, 24 ›scruto, γρυτεύω‹): dah. scrutari passiv, Amm. 28, 1, 10 u. 29, 2, 27: ebenso Partiz. scrutatus passiv, Val. Max. 1, 8. ext. 2; 9, 13. ext. 3. Sen. ep. 110, 13: scrutatus im Abl. absol., Aur. Vict. orig. 6, 3. Amm. 15, 8, 16; 19, 12, 12; 21, 3, 6 (wo notario scrutato, si quid portaret).
