Scaife ATLAS

explōrātor, ōris, m. id., a searcher out, examiner, explorer; a prying person, a spy (not in Cic.) In gen.: rerum, Lucil. ap. Non. 366, 31: suppositicius, Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 71.— Adj., searching: ignes, Claud. III. Cons. Hon. praef. 11: foci, Mart. 8, 51, 4.— In partic. In milit. lang. A spy, scout, Caes. B. G. 1, 12, 2; 2, 5, 4; 2, 11, 3; 2, 17, 1 et saep.— Plur., skirmishers, Tac. H. 2, 17; cf. Inscr. Orell. 5877 sqq.— Explorator viae, one who ran before the emperor to clear the way, Suet. Tib. 60.

ShortDef

No short def.

Debugging

Headword:

explōrātor

Headword (normalized):

explōrātor

Headword (normalized/stripped):

explorator

IDX:

17099

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n17082

Key:

explorator

Data

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