scrutor
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom scrūta, as the original sense of the verb was to search through trash. Compare the possibly parallel development of Old High German scrutōn.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈskruː.tor/, [ˈs̠kruːt̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈskru.tor/, [ˈskruːt̪or]
Verb
editscrūtor (present infinitive scrūtārī or scrūtārier, perfect active scrūtātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- to search carefully, search into or out, examine thoroughly, explore a thing, investigate
- to seek for
- Synonyms: inquīrō, requīrō, conquīrō, quaesō, circumspiciō
Conjugation
edit1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Catalan: escrutar
- →⇒ English: scrutinize
- → 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
edit- “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.