Lewis Short
(verb) : per-scrūtor, ātus, 1, (
* Act. collat. form, v.infra fin.), to search through, examine (class.).
* Lit.: speculari et perscrutari aliquid,Cic. Tusc. 5, 20, 59: canes, qui investigabant et perscrutabantur omnia,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 47: litteras legis,id. Inv. 1, 24, 68: arculas muliebres,id. Off. 2, 7, 25.
* Trop., to examine into, investigate: sententiam scriptoris,Cic. Inv. 2, 44, 128: naturam rationemque criminum,id. Fl. 8, 19.
* Act. collat. form perscrū-to, āre: hunc perscrutavi,Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 30.
* Perscrūtātus, a, um, in pass. signif., Amm. 17, 4, 6.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary