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scurrilis

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(adjective) : scurrīlis, e, scurra, II.
* Buffoonlike, jeering, scurrilous.
* 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.—*
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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