Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Catascopus

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CATAS'COPUS (κατάσκοπος). A spy or scout. Hirt. Bell. Afr. 26.

2. A vessel employed as a spy-ship. Caes. B. G. iv. 26. Isidor. Orig. xix. 1.