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jocosus
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : jŏcōsus, a, um, jocus
* Full of jesting, jocose, humorous, droll, facetious (class.).
* Of persons: homo humanus et jocosus,Varr. R. R. 2, 5: Maecenas,Hor. Epod. 3, 20: Musa,Ov. Tr. 2, 354.
* Of inanim. and abstr. things: res,Cic. Off. 1, 37: lis,Ov. M. 3, 332: verba,id. F. 6, 692: furtum,Hor. C. 1, 10, 7: Nilus, the sportive Nile, with reference to the merry lives of the Egyptians, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 80.—Adv.: jŏ-cōsē, jestingly, jocosely: eumque lusi jocose satis,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 2.—Comp.: dicere aliquid jocosius,Cic. Fam. 9, 24, 4; Hor. S. 1, 4, 104.
* Full of jesting, jocose, humorous, droll, facetious (class.).
* Of persons: homo humanus et jocosus,Varr. R. R. 2, 5: Maecenas,Hor. Epod. 3, 20: Musa,Ov. Tr. 2, 354.
* Of inanim. and abstr. things: res,Cic. Off. 1, 37: lis,Ov. M. 3, 332: verba,id. F. 6, 692: furtum,Hor. C. 1, 10, 7: Nilus, the sportive Nile, with reference to the merry lives of the Egyptians, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 80.—Adv.: jŏ-cōsē, jestingly, jocosely: eumque lusi jocose satis,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12, 2.—Comp.: dicere aliquid jocosius,Cic. Fam. 9, 24, 4; Hor. S. 1, 4, 104.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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