LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, deponent

scurror

scurror (present infinitive scurrārī, perfect active scurrātus sum)
Classical[ˈskʊr.rɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈskur.ror]

Meaning

  1. deponentto play the buffoon

Conjugation conjugation 1 deponent

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.scurrorscurrābarscurrābor———
2nd sg.scurrāris
scurrāre
scurrābāris
scurrābāre
scurrāberis
scurrābere
———
3rd sg.scurrāturscurrābāturscurrābitur———
1st pl.scurrāmurscurrābāmurscurrābimur———
2nd pl.scurrāminīscurrābāminīscurrābiminī———
3rd pl.scurranturscurrābanturscurrābuntur———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.scurrerscurrārer——
2nd sg.scurrēris
scurrēre
scurrārēris
scurrārēre
——
3rd sg.scurrēturscurrārētur——
1st pl.scurrēmurscurrārēmur——
2nd pl.scurrēminīscurrārēminī——
3rd pl.scurrenturscurrārentur——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.scurrāre—
pres. 2nd pl.scurrāminī—
fut. 2nd sg.scurrātor—
fut. 3rd sg.scurrātor—
fut. 3rd pl.scurrantor—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivescurrārī—
perfect infinitivescurrātum esse—
future infinitivescurrātūrum esse—
present participlescurrāns—
perfect participlescurrātus—
future participlescurrātūrusscurrandus
gerundscurrandī, scurrandō, scurrandumsupinescurrātum, scurrātū

scurror, āri,
I. v. dep. n. [scurra, II.], to act the part of a jester; to play the buffoon (Horat.): scurror ego ipse mihi, populo tu, I play the buffoon on my own account, to please myself, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 19: scurrantis speciem praebere, of a buffoonish parasite, id. ib. 1, 18, 2.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin scurror From scurra (“buffoon”) + -ō.

Quick answers

What does scurror mean in Latin?
scurror, a verb, means “to play the buffoon”.
What are the principal parts of scurror?
scurror, scurrārī, scurrātus sum (first conjugation, deponent).
How do you pronounce scurror?
In classical Latin, [ˈskʊr.rɔr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈskur.ror].