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
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..."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..."
