scurrilis
Latin
Etymology
From scurra (“jester, joker”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /skurˈriː.lis/, [skʊrˈriː.lɪs]
Adjective
scurrīlis (neuter scurrīle); third declension
- buffoonlike, scurrilous
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | scurrīlis | scurrīle | scurrīlēs | scurrīlia | |
| Genitive | scurrīlis | scurrīlium | |||
| Dative | scurrīlī | scurrīlibus | |||
| Accusative | scurrīlem | scurrīle | scurrīlēs, scurrīlīs | scurrīlia | |
| Ablative | scurrīlī | scurrīlibus | |||
| Vocative | scurrīlis | scurrīle | scurrīlēs | scurrīlia | |
Descendants
- English: scurrilous
- French: scurrile
- → English: scurrile
- German: skurril
- Italian: scurrile
Further reading
- scurrilis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scurrilis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scurrilis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette