scurra

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

scurra ae, m

SCRV-, an idler, loafer, man about town : scurrae locupletes.— A city buffoon, droll, jester, clown, pantaloon, parasite : neque parum facetus scurra: vagus, H.: Urbani scurra Catulli, i. e. a clown in a play of Catullus , Iu.— Prov.: de scurrā multo facilius divitem quam patrem familias fieri posse.