scrutor
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From scrūta, as the original sense of the verb was to search through trash.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskruː.tor/, [ˈs̠kruːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈskru.tor/, [ˈskruːt̪or]
Verb
scrūtor (present infinitive scrūtārī or scrūtārier, perfect active scrūtātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- I search or examine thoroughly; I probe, investigate or scrutinize
Conjugation
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
Descendants
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.
- “scrutiny”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.