a babbler; hence, a jester , one who makes sport , a buffoon (it seems to have desig-nated a class of actors, perh. a harlequin , jester , or something similar): mendici, mimae, balatrones, hoc genus omne, Hor.S. 1, 2, 2; Vop.Carin. 21.—Facetē, in Varr. as a designation of his friends when in dispute, Varr.R. R. 2, 5, 1 Schneid.