scurra

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin scurra.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈskur.ra/
  • Rhymes: -urra
  • Hyphenation: scùr‧ra

Noun[edit]

scurra m (plural scurri)

  1. (literary, obsolete) joker, clown
    Synonyms: buffone, giullare

Further reading[edit]

  • scurra in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from Etruscan.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

scurra m (genitive scurrae); first declension

  1. elegant man about town, dandy, rake
  2. jester, joker, wit, clown

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative scurra scurrae
Genitive scurrae scurrārum
Dative scurrae scurrīs
Accusative scurram scurrās
Ablative scurrā scurrīs
Vocative scurra scurrae

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Descendants[edit]

  • Italian: scurra
  • Portuguese: escurra
  • Spanish: escurra

References[edit]

  • scurra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • scurra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scurra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • scurra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • scurra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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