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.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) 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

to search carefully, search into or out, examine thoroughly, explore a thing, investigate
Synonyms: indāgō, scīscitor, quaerō, scīscō, investīgō, explōrō
to seek for
Synonyms: inquīrō, requīrō, conquīrō, quaesō, circumspiciō

Conjugation

Conjugation of scrūtor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	scrūtāre	—	—	scrūtāminī	—
active	future	—	scrūtātor	scrūtātor	—	—	scrūtantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		scrūtārī, scrūtārier¹	scrūtātum esse	scrūtātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		scrūtāns	scrūtātus	scrūtātūrus	—	—	scrūtandus
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

Descendants

→ 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

“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.