I.a searcher, scrutinizer, examiner, investigator (postAug.).
I. Lit.: “salutatoribus scrutatores semper apposuit,” Suet. Claud. 35; Just. 38, 1, 9.—Poet.: “profundi pelagi,” i. e. fishermen, Stat. S. 3, 1, 84; 3, 3, 92: “auri,” Luc. 4, 298.—
II. Trop., an examiner, investigator: “fati,” Luc. 5, 122: “cognitionum,” Amm. 22, 8, 10: “cordis,” Vulg. Sap. 1, 6.