iocosus Latin · revision 32663

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=ine-pro *iok-o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [jɔˈkoː.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [joˈkɔː.s̬us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''iocōsus''' (feminine iocōsa, neuter iocōsum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''jocōsus''.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|iocus|-ōsus|t1=joke]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces [[m|la|iocus]] to [[itc-pro|*joko-]] and [[ine-pro|*iok-o-|t=word, utterance]], comparing [[xum|iuka|t=words, prayers]] and [[goh|jehan|t=to express, utter]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the OLD's earliest quotations Varro calls someone a kindly and jocular man, and Cicero speaks of a kind of letter that is familiar and jesting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Of persons it is fond of jesting, as Horace's Maecenas.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of speech and writings it is full of fun: Ovid has a playful Muse.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also laughable: Cicero advises being serious on serious subjects and witty on light ones.^(OLD 2012) Church Latin glosses it humorous, witty, merry, sportive.^(Stelten 1995) English [[m|en|jocose]] comes from it, from the 1670s.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of a jocular man.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of jesting letters.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of Maecenas.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1670s – English [[m|en|jocose|alt=jocose]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Fond of jesting, [[m|en|jocular]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Full of fun, [[m|en|humorous]]; laughable.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[iocus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}