scurrilis

Latin

Etymology

From scurra (“jester, joker”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /skurˈriː.lis/, [s̠kʊrˈriːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /skurˈri.lis/, [skurˈriːlis]

Adjective

scurrīlis (neuter scurrīle); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. buffoonlike, scurrilous

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

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
• Spanish: escurril
• 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.