perscrutor
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /perˈskruː.tor/, [pɛrˈs̠kruːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈskru.tor/, [perˈskruːt̪or]
Verb
perscrūtor (present infinitive perscrūtārī, perfect active perscrūtātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- I search (high and low)
- I examine or investigate (thoroughly)
Conjugation
Descendants
- Asturian: pescudiar
- Galician: pescudar
- → Italian: perscrutare
- Spanish: pescudar
References
- “perscrutor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perscrutor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perscrutor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.