iocus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak”). Compare Old High German jehan, Welsh iaith, Breton yezh.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈjo.kus/, [ˈjɔ.kʊs]
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Noun

iocus m (genitive iocī); second declension

  1. a joke, jest
  2. a form of amusement
  3. pastime, sport
    Synonym: lūdus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative iocus iocī
Genitive iocī iocōrum
Dative iocō iocīs
Accusative iocum iocōs
Ablative iocō iocīs
Vocative ioce iocī

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • iocus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • jocus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • I said it in jest: haec iocatus sum, per iocum dixi
    • (ambiguous) joking apart: extra iocum, remoto ioco (Fam. 7. 11. 3)
    • (ambiguous) to make a joke: ioco uti (Off. 1. 29. 103)
    • (ambiguous) joking apart: extra iocum, remoto ioco (Fam. 7. 11. 3)
  • iocus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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