I.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.
