English → Latin
“clown” in Latin
rūsticusof the country, rural, rustic; unrefined, boorish, coarseagrestisrural; rustic; wild (of or pertaining to land, fields or the countryside); clownish; rude; uncultivated; coarse; savage;stīpōto crowd or press together, compress; to cram, stuff, fill; to surround, encompasscaudextree trunk, stump; bollard; post; book, writing; notebook, account book
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
clown
rusticus (the peasant, as well with reference to his occupation as to his manners, opposed to urbanus): agrestis (the peasant with regard to his dwelling and manners, ☞ The rusticus violates merely the conventional, but the agrestis also the common laws of civility): he is a mere clown, merum rus est (comedy): homo agrestis, stipes, caudex (as abusive epithets).
On the stage (in farces), qui partes ridendas agit (after Petronius, 80, 9).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for clown?
- The usual Latin words for “clown” are rūsticus, agrestis, stīpō; also caudex. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.