scruta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →scruto, scrutare, scrutavi, scrutatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
search/probe/examine carefully/thoroughly; explore/scan/scrutinize/investigate;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →scruta, scrutae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Souter (Later Latin)
- Age:
- Later
pot;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →scrutum, scruti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
trash (pl.), old/broken stuff; job lot; trumpery;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber III
Aulus Gellius
"...dimidiatus ut porcus", et alio loco: quidni? et scruta quidem ut vendat, scrutarius laudat, praefractam strigilem, soleam inprobus..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...amici apparent. [LXII] "Forte dominus Capuae exierat ad scruta scita expedienda. Nactus ego occasionem persuadeo hospitem nostrum..."
