Liddell–Scott–Jones: κοπρ-ίας

κοπρ-ίας,ου,ὁ, (κόπρος) in pl.,

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