Latin

Alternative forms

• jocus

Noun

iocus m ‎(genitive iocī); second declension

1. a joke, jest
2. a form of amusement

Inflection

Second declension.

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References

• IOCUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “iocus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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