iocosus

jŏcōsus, a, um, adj. [jocus],

• full of jesting, jocose, humorous, droll, facetious (class.).
• • A Of persons: homo humanus et jocosus, Varr. R. R. 2, 5: Maecenas, Hor. Epod. 3, 20: Musa, Ov. Tr. 2, 354.—
  • B 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.

iocōsus, a, um (iocus), scherzhaft, spaßhaft, schäkerhaft, kurzweilig, neckisch (Ggstz. severus, serius), homo, Varro: Maecenas, Hor.: Gades, Mart.: res, Cic.: verba Ov., od. dicta, Liv., Scherzreden: nostra vel severa vel iocosa congressio, Cic.: übtr., imago (vocis), das scherzhafte Echo, Hor.: Nilus, der kurzweilige (weil die Alexandriner ein lustiges Leben führten), Ov.

See: jocosus

jocosus, a, um. adj.
笑。玩。趣。巧者。Jocosa imago 應聲。

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iocōsus adj.

• iocus, full of jesting, jocose, humorous, droll, facetious, sportive: Maecenas, H.: Musa, O.: res: verba, O.: furtum, H.: Nilus (i. e. of the merry Egyptians), O.