scurris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →scurra, scurrae:
Masculine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fashionable idler, man about town, rake; professional buffoon, comedian/clown;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...videatur autem res levis, et quae a scurris, miniis, insipientibus denique saepe moveatur, tamen habet vim nescio..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...auceps, unguentarius ac Tusci turba inpia vici, cum scurris fartor, cum Velabro omne macellum mane domum veniant. quid..."
