The corpus record — Latin

joculus

joculus · m

a little jest

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Where it lives

Stichus 1 · 1.61/10k
Mercator 1 · 1.17/10k
Mostellaria 1 · 1.04/10k
Rudens 1 · 0.84/10k

What it meant

jŏcŭlus — 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.

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Where it came from

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