iocosus

Latin

Etymology

From iocus (“jest, joke”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

iocōsus (feminine iocōsa, neuter iocōsum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. funny, full of jesting, jocose, humorous, jokey, light-hearted

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative iocōsus iocōsa iocōsum iocōsī iocōsae iocōsa
genitive iocōsī iocōsae iocōsī iocōsōrum iocōsārum iocōsōrum
dative iocōsō iocōsae 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

  • “jocosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “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)
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