ioculus
νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας, περί τε κτύπος ἦλθε ποδοῖιν → godly Odysseus heard the fawning of dogs, and on top of that came the beat of two feet
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
jŏcŭlus: i, m.
dim. jocus,
I a little jest or joke (a favorite word of Plautus): per joculum et ludum oblectare aliquem, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 11; usu. in abl. manner: joculo dicere aliquid, to say a thing in jest, id. Merc. 5, 4, 33: Egone te joculo modo ausim dicto aut facto fallere? id. Most. 3, 3, 20; id. Rud. 3, 4, 24.—
II Concr.: jŏ-cŭli, ōrum, m., toys, playthings, Vitr. 4, 1, 9.
Latin > German (Georges)
ioculus, ī, m. (Demin. v. iocus), der kleine Scherz, das Späßchen, alqm oblectare per ioculum et ludum, Plaut. truc. 107. – oft ioculo, im Scherz, zB. sive adeo ioculo dixisset mihi, Plaut. merc. 993: u. so Plaut. most. 923; rud. 729.
