reconnoitring party

reconnoitring party: explōrātōres: Caesar was informed through a r. p., per exploratores certior factus est, Caes. B. G. 1, 12: this circumstance having been learned through a r. p., hac re per exploratores cognita, ib. 2, 11. (N.B.--Not speculatores: which denotes a kind of scouts usually sent out singly.)