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|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.
|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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|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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Revision as of 07:03, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

scurra: ae, m.
I 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.—
II Transf.
   1    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. —
   2    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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

scurra,¹¹ æ, m.,
1 bel esprit, petit-maître, gandin : Pl. Most. 15 ; Trin. 202 ; Truc. 478 ; Her. 4, 14 ; Cic. Sest. 39 ; Har. 42
2 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.