ioco

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯o.koː/, [ˈi̯ɔkoː]

Verb

iocō (present infinitive iocāre, perfect active iocāvī, supine iocātum); first conjugation

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of iocor (in use as early as Plautus)

Noun

iocō

1. dative/ablative singular of iocus

References

• “joco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• joco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• jocare in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be now jesting, now in earnest: ioca et seria agere
    
  • (ambiguous) to make a joke: ioco uti (Off. 1. 29. 103)
    
  • (ambiguous) joking apart: extra iocum, remoto ioco (Fam. 7. 11. 3)