iocosus
Latin
Etymology
From iocus (“jest, joke”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /i̯oˈkoː.sus/, [i̯ɔˈkoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /joˈko.sus/, [joˈkɔːs̬us]
Adjective
iocōsus (feminine iocōsa, neuter iocōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- funny, full of jesting, jocose, humorous, jokey, light-hearted
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | iocōsus | iocōsa | iocōsum | iocōsī | iocōsae | iocōsa | |
| Genitive | iocōsī | iocōsae | iocōsī | iocōsōrum | iocōsārum | iocōsōrum | |
| Dative | iocōsō | iocōsō | iocōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | iocōsum | iocōsam | iocōsum | iocōsōs | iocōsās | iocōsa | |
| Ablative | iocōsō | iocōsā | iocōsō | iocōsīs | |||
| Vocative | iocōse | iocōsa | iocōsum | iocōsī | iocōsae | iocōsa | |
Descendants
- English: jocose
- Italian: giocoso
- Portuguese: jocoso
- Sicilian: jucusu
- Spanish: jocoso
References
- “iocosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- iocosus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)