κοπρίας

κοπρ-ίας, ου, ὁ, (κόπρος) in pl.,

• buffoons, a word first used under the Roman emperors, D.C. 50.28, 73.6: Lat. copreae, Suet. Tib. 61. (Perh. so called because ἐκ κοπρίας ἀναιρεθέντες, or because of their obscenity.)