joculator
English
Etymology
From Latin joculātus. Doublet of juggler and jongleur.
Noun
joculator (plural joculators)
- (obsolete) A jester; a joker.
- 1801, Joseph Strutt, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
- The joculators' were sometimes excellent tumblers; yet, generally speaking, I believe that vaulting, tumbling, and balancing, were not exectued by the chieftan of the gleeman's company, but by some of his confederates
- 1801, Joseph Strutt, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England
Synonyms
- joculatrix (specifically female)
References
- joculator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Latin
Noun
joculātor m (genitive joculātōris); third declension
- Alternative form of ioculātor
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | joculātor | joculātōrēs |
| Genitive | joculātōris | joculātōrum |
| Dative | joculātōrī | joculātōribus |
| Accusative | joculātōrem | joculātōrēs |
| Ablative | joculātōre | joculātōribus |
| Vocative | joculātor | joculātōrēs |
References
- “joculator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- joculator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette