scrutor

Latin

Alternative forms

• scrūtō

Etymology

From scrūta, as the original sense of the verb was to search through trash. Compare the possibly parallel development of Old High German scrutōn. Compare also Old English sċrūtnian (“to examine, scrutinise”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈskruː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈskruː.tor]

Verb

scrūtor (present infinitive scrūtārī or scrūtārier, perfect active scrūtātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to search carefully, search into or out, examine thoroughly, explore a thing, investigate

   Synonyms: indāgō, scīscitor, quaerō, scīscō, investīgō, explōrō

   • c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate John.5.39–40:

     Scrutamini Scripturas, quia vos putatis in ipsis vitam aeternam habere: et illae sunt quae testimonium perhibent de me: et non vultis venire ad me ut vitam habeatis.

     You search the scriptures, because you think you will have eternal life in them: and they are those which testify about me. But you do not want to come to me in order to have life.

2. to seek for

   Synonyms: inquīrō, requīrō, conquīrō, quaesō, circumspiciō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of scrūtor (first conjugation, deponent)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	scrūtor		scrūtāris, scrūtāre		scrūtātur		scrūtāmur		scrūtāminī		scrūtantur
	imperfect	scrūtābar		scrūtābāris, scrūtābāre		scrūtābātur		scrūtābāmur		scrūtābāminī		scrūtābantur
	future	scrūtābor		scrūtāberis, scrūtābere		scrūtābitur		scrūtābimur		scrūtābiminī		scrūtābuntur
	perfect	scrūtātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	scrūtātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	scrūtātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	scrūter		scrūtēris, scrūtēre		scrūtētur		scrūtēmur		scrūtēminī		scrūtentur
	imperfect	scrūtārer		scrūtārēris, scrūtārēre		scrūtārētur		scrūtārēmur		scrūtārēminī		scrūtārentur
	perfect	scrūtātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	scrūtātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		scrūtāre		—		—		scrūtāminī		—
	future	—		scrūtātor		scrūtātor		—		—		scrūtantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		scrūtārī, scrūtārier1			—			scrūtāns			—
future		scrūtātūrum esse			—			scrūtātūrus			scrūtandus
perfect		scrūtātum esse			—			scrūtātus			—
future perfect		scrūtātum fore			—			—			—
perfect potential		scrūtātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		scrūtandī		scrūtandō		scrūtandum		scrūtandō		scrūtātum		scrūtātū

¹The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Derived terms

• īnscrūtābilis
• inscrūtor
• perscrūtor
• scrūtātiō
• scrūtātor
• scrūtātrīx
• scrūtinium

Descendants

• → Catalan: escrutar
• →⇒ English: scrutinize
• → English: scrutate
• → French: scruter
• → Galician: escrutar
• → Italian: scrutare
• → Piedmontese: scruté
• → Portuguese: escrutar
• → Romanian: scruta
• → Spanish: escrutar
• → Old Irish: scrútaid
  • Irish: scrúd
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgrùd
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: *scrútaigid
    • Irish: scrúdaigh
    • Manx: scrutaghey
    • Scottish Gaelic: sgrùdaich

References

• “scrutor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scrutor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “scrutor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “scrutiny”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.