scrūtans

scrūtor, āri, ātus, v. dep. a. [scruta; cf.: gruteuei, 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).

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.—

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.—

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.—

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. gruteuô, scruto, Gloss. Philox.—Hence,

scrūtor, ātus, pass., Amm. 28, 1, 10; 15, 8, 16; Aur. Vict. Orig. 6, 3.

scrūtor, āri, ātus, v. dep. a. [scruta; cf.: gruteuei, 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).

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.—

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.—

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.—

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. gruteuô, scruto, Gloss. Philox.—Hence,

scrūtor, ātus, pass., Amm. 28, 1, 10; 15, 8, 16; Aur. Vict. Orig. 6, 3.