ioculus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *yek-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *yókos

Proto-Italic *jokos

Latin iocus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-e-lós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -ulus

Latin ioculus

From iocus (“joke”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [jɔ.kʊˈɫaː.rɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [jo.kuˈlaː.ris]

Adjective

ioculus m (genitive ioculī); second declension

1. diminutive of iocus (“joke”)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ioculus	ioculī
genitive	ioculī	ioculōrum
dative	ioculō	ioculīs
accusative	ioculum	ioculōs
ablative	ioculō	ioculīs
vocative	iocule	ioculī

Further reading

• “ioculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ioculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers