zany
zany
subs.
Clown: P. and V. γελωτοποιός, ὁ, P. βλάξ, ὁ or ἡ, or use foolish, adj.
subs.
Clown: P. and V. γελωτοποιός, ὁ, P. βλάξ, ὁ or ἡ, or use foolish, adj.
ZANY
Buffoon Vid:
Simpleton homo ineptus insulsus fatuus.
Buffoon Vid:
Simpleton homo ineptus insulsus fatuus.
zany:
I. A fool, jester:
1. sannio: what can be so ridiculous as a z. is? quid potest esse tam ridiculum quam sannio est? Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 251.
2. maccus (in the Atellane plays): Diom.
3. coprea (a court fool): Suet. Tib. 61.
4. *fătuus (Seneca in Ep. 50, speaks of a fatua kept by a Roman lady of rank): v.BUFFOON : but the Latin scurra is something much more polished than the English zany or buffoon.
II. A simpleton: homo ineptus, stultus, etc.: simpletons and z.s, stulti, stolidi, fatui, Pl. Bac. 5, 1, 2.
I. A fool, jester:
1. sannio: what can be so ridiculous as a z. is? quid potest esse tam ridiculum quam sannio est? Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 251.
2. maccus (in the Atellane plays): Diom.
3. coprea (a court fool): Suet. Tib. 61.
4. *fătuus (Seneca in Ep. 50, speaks of a fatua kept by a Roman lady of rank): v.
II. A simpleton: homo ineptus, stultus, etc.: simpletons and z.s, stulti, stolidi, fatui, Pl. Bac. 5, 1, 2.