adjective

scurrīlis

neut. scurrīle

buffoonlike; jeering

buffoonlike, jeering, scurrilous.

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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.—*

jesting; like a buffoon •

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.

Perseus ID: n43158 Key: scurrilis