jocosus

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.