Scrutator, pen. prod. tôris, m. g. Verbale. A searcher. vt Pallidus scrutaror auri. Lucan. Profundi scrutatores.Stat.Mariners or sishers in the sea.Pelagi scrutator Eoi.Stat.He that searcheth pretious stones in the easterne sea.Scrutátio ônis, f. g. Verbal. Sen. A searching.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
scrūtātor, ōris, m. [scrutor], a searcher, scrutinizer, examiner, investigator (postAug.). I.Lit.: salutatoribus scrutatores semper apposuit, Suet. Claud. 35; Just. 38, 1, 9.—Poet.: profundi pelagi, i. e.