scurrilis
From LSJ
Ῥοπή ‘στιν ἡμῶν ὁ βίος, ὥσπερ ὁ ζυγός → Paulo momento, ut trutina, vita impellitur → Wie eine Waage hält das Leben Gleichgewicht
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
scurrīlis: e, adj. scurra, II.,
I buffoonlike, jeering, scurrilous.
I Lit. (class.): jocus (with mimicus), Cic. de Or. 2, 59, 239: dicacitas, id. ib. 2, 60, 244; Quint. 6, 3, 29; Suet. Vesp. 22 (with sordida); Cic. de Or. 3, 60, 245; Quint. 6, 3, 48; Val. Max. 7, 8, 9.—*
II In gen., jesting, facetious, ludicrous: lusus (opp. res seriae), Val. Max. 8, 8, 2.— Adv.: scurrīlĭter (acc. to I.), like a buffoon: ludere, Plin. Ep. 4, 25, 3: jocari, Just. 24, 6, 4.
