The corpus record — Latin

scurror

to act the part of a jester; to play the buffoon

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Where it lives

Epistulae 2 · 2.02/10k

What it meant

scurror — Lewis & Short

scurror, āri,

I v. dep. n. [scurra, II.], to act the part of a jester; to play the buffoon (Horat.): scurror ego ipse mihi, populo tu, I play the buffoon on my own account, to please myself, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 19: scurrantis speciem praebere, of a buffoonish parasite, id. ib. 1, 18, 2.

In the wild

scurror Horace, Epistulae 1.17.19
scurrantis Horace, Epistulae 1.18.2

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. scurror (scan p. 630; entry #10406).

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