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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>scurra</b>: ae, m.<br /><b>I</b> Orig., an [[elegant]], [[town]]-[[bred]] [[man]]; a [[fine]] gentleman, [[gallant]], [[dandy]]: tu [[urbanus]] [[vero]] [[scurra]], [[deliciae]] popli, Rus mihi tu objectas? Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 14; cf. (opp. [[militaris]]) id. Ep. 1, 1, 13; id. Curc. 2, 3, 17.—Also of an [[elegant]] [[debauchee]], Cic. Sest. 17, 39; Auct. Har. Resp. 20, 42.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[city]] [[buffoon]], [[droll]], [[jester]] ([[usually]] in the [[suite]] of [[wealthy]] persons, and [[accordingly]] a [[kind]] of [[parasite]]; syn.: [[sannio]], [[parasitus]]): urbani assidui cives, quos scurras vocant, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 165; id. Poen. 3, 2, 35; 5, 5, 2; id. Truc. 2, 6, 10; Cic. Quint. 3, 11; id. de Or. 2, 60, 247; id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 146; Auct. Her. 4, 10, 14: Hor. S. 1, 5, 52, 1, 8, 11; id. Ep. 1, 15, 28; 1, 18, 4; Vulg. 2 Reg. 6, 20.—[[Zeno]] [[sarcastically]] called [[Socrates]] [[scurra]] [[Atticus]], Cic. N. D. 1, 34, 93: Sabinus Asilius, venustissimus [[inter]] rhetores [[scurra]], Sen. Suas. 2, 12.—Of the [[clown]] in a pantomime, Juv. 13, 111.—Prov.: [[vetus]] est: De scurrā [[multo]] facilius divitem [[quam]] patremfamilias fieri posse, Cic. Quint. 17, 55. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the times of the [[later]] emperors, one of the [[guard]], a [[soldier]] of the [[guard]], a guardsman, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 61; 62 fin.; id. Heliog. 33; Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 30.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>scurra</b>,¹¹ æ, m.,<br /><b>1</b> bel esprit, petit-maître, gandin : Pl. Most. 15 ; Trin. 202 ; Truc. 478 ; Her. 4, 14 ; Cic. Sest. 39 ; Har. 42<br /><b>2</b> bouffon : Cic. Quinct. 11 ; de Or. 2, 247 ; Verr. 2, 3, 146 ; [[scurra]] [[Atticus]] Cic. Nat. 1, 93, le bouffon d’Athènes [surnom donné par Zénon à Socrate], cf. Hor. S. 1, 5, 52 ; 1, 8, 11 ; Ep. 1, 15, 28.
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{{Georges
|georg=scurra, ae, m. (vgl. [[σκαίρω]], springe, hüpfe, tanze, ahd. scern, Possenreißerei), I) der [[Pflastertreter]], [[Tagedieb]], der [[auf]] dem Markte, in Gymnasien, Bädern u. Schenken herumschlendert, Neuigkeiten auskramt u. eintauscht u. [[über]] alles seine Glossen macht, der [[Lebemann]], [[Stutzer]], Zierbengel, Laffe, Plaut. most. 15; trin. 202. Cornif. rhet. 4, 14: Ggstz. [[homo]] [[militaris]], Plaut. Epid. 15 sq., u. Ggstz. [[manipularis]], Plaut. truc. 491: scurrae locupletes, Cic. Sest. 39; de har. resp. 42. – II) übtr.: 1) der lustige [[Gesellschafter]], lustige [[Bruder]], [[Spaßmacher]], [[Witzbold]], Possenreißer ([[selbst]] gemeiner, schmutziger [[Art]]), [[Schmeichler]] [[Schmarotzer]], [[Schranze]], der [[sich]] in den Häusern der [[Vornehmen]] einfindet und [[durch]] aufgeräumte [[Gesprächigkeit]] und leichten [[Witz]] die anwesende [[Gesellschaft]] ([[bes]]. [[bei]] [[Tafel]]) unterhält, temporis [[ratio]] et ipsius dicacitatis [[moderatio]] et [[temperantia]] et [[raritas]] dictorum distinguet oratorem a [[scurra]], Cic. de or. 2, 247: [[homo]], [[qui]] se [[ipse]] scurram improbissimum existimari [[vult]].: [[qui]] a scurris [[potius]] [[semper]] [[gladiator]] [[quam]] [[scurra]] [[appellatus]] est, Cic. Verr. 3, 146: [[nam]] [[neque]] [[parum]] [[facetus]] [[scurra]] Sex. [[Naevius]], [[neque]] [[inhumanus]] [[praeco]] est [[umquam]] [[existimatus]], Cic. Quinct. 11: [[Zeno]] Socratem scurram (= γελωτοποιόν, [[Spaßmacher]]) Atticum fuisse dicebat, Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 93: [[vagus]] [[scurra]], [[non]] [[qui]] certum [[praesepe]] teneret, [[Schmarotzer]], Hor. ep. 1, 15, 28: [[Sabinus]] Asilius venustissimus [[inter]] rhetores [[scurra]], Sen. suas. 2, 12: [[scurra]] Catulli, der [[Spaßmacher]], Possenreißer, [[von]] einem Pantomimen, Iuven. 13, 111: so [[auch]] histriones scurraeque mimarii, Capit. Ver. 8, 11. – Sprichw., de [[scurra]] [[multo]] facilius [[dives]] [[quam]] [[paterfamilias]] fieri potest, aus einem lustigen [[Bruder]] wird [[eher]] [[ein]] reicher [[Mann]] [[als]] [[ein]] guter [[Hausvater]], Cic. Quinct. 55. – 2) [[einer]] [[von]] der [[Garde]], [[ein]] [[Gardist]], Sing., sc. [[Persicus]], Treb. Poll. trig. tyr. 30, 26: sc. [[barbarus]], Lampr. Alex. Sev. 62, 5: Plur., Lampr. Heliog. 33, 7. Lampr. Alex. Sev. 61, 3.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=scurra scurrae N M :: fashionable idler, man about town, rake; professional buffoon, comedian/clown
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