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scrutator

scrutator · m

a searcher

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What it meant

scrūtātor — 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.

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