iocosus

Latin

Etymology

From iocus (“jest, joke”) +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i̯oˈkoː.sus/, [i̯ɔˈkoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /joˈko.sus/, [joˈkɔːs̬us]

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.

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

• “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)