Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Coprea

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

COP'REA (κπρίας). A jester or buffoon; a word first introduced under the Roman emperors (Suet. Tib. 61. Claud. 8. Dio Cass. xv. 28.); in whose palaces such characters were kept, like the kings' jesters of the middle ages.