scrutor
Latin
Alternative forms
- scrūtō
Etymology
From scrūta, as the original sense of the verb was to search through trash.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskruː.tor/, [ˈskruː.tɔr]
Verb
scrūtor (present infinitive scrūtārī, perfect active scrūtātus sum); first conjugation, deponent
- I search or examine thoroughly; I probe, investigate or scrutinize
Inflection
| Conjugation of scrutor (first conjugation, deponent) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | scrūtāre | — | — | scrūtāminī | — |
| future | — | scrūtātor | scrūtātor | — | — | scrūtantor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | scrūtārī, scrūtārier1 | scrūtātus esse | scrūtātūrus esse | — | — | — | |
| participles | scrūtāns | scrūtātus | scrūtātūrus | — | — | scrūtandus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| nominative | genitive | dative/ablative | accusative | accusative | ablative | ||
| scrūtārī, scrūtārier1 | scrūtandī | scrūtandō | scrūtandum | scrūtātum | scrūtātū | ||
1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested for this verb.
Derived terms
- inscrūtor
- perscrūtor
- scrūtātiō
- scrūtātor
- scrūtātrīx
- scrūtinium
Descendants
- French: scruter
- Portuguese: escrutar
- Spanish: escrutar
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.