spy (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. explōrātor (military operator)2. dēlātor (one who makes a trade of informing against people3. ēmissārius4. sometimes index, ĭcis, c., may serve • spy (subs.): 1. explōrātor (military operator): v. scout. 2. dēlātor (one who makes a trade of informing against people: esp. under the empire): v. informer. 3. ēmissārius: used = delator, Suet. Gal. 15. 4. sometimes index, ĭcis, c., may serve: it is esp. used of one who betrays his associates: Cic.: Tac.
spy (v.) Copy link Outline 1. explōro, 1 (esp. to reconnoitre)2. spĕcŭlor, 1 (in non-milit. sense)3. perh. inspĭcio, introspĭcio, with such advv. as furtim, occulte • spy (v.): 1. explōro, 1 (esp. to reconnoitre): to s. out all a person's movements, itinera egressusque [postremo loca atque tempora cuncta] ex., Sall. Jug. 35: v. to reconnoitre. 2. spĕcŭlor, 1 (in non-milit. sense): to s. out any one's plans, consilia alicujus s., Sall. Jug. 108: also absol., Caes. B. G. 1, 47 (speculandi causa venire): v. to watch. 3. perh. inspĭcio, introspĭcio, with such advv. as furtim, occulte: v. TO LOOK INTO. (Cf. Virg. Aen. 2, 47.)
SPY Copy link • SPY 1. s. explorator (a professed spy, especially in war; one who examines everything closely on the spot, and reports it to his party): speculator (a scout; one who observes or watches anything from a high ground at a distance): emissarius (one who is sent out by another, whose creature he is): excursor (one who runs far out to espy). (The words are found in this connection and order.) excursor et emissarius (e.g., istius excursor et emissarius, Cic.): delator (one who endeavors to detect dangerous political opinions, etc., and report the holders of them to the magistrates; a police spy). A female spy, speculatrix. 2. v. explorare: speculari. To spy into, introspicere: to spy out, perspicere: pervidere.