jocose

festīvus, a, um, adj. [1. festus; lit., feast-like, belonging to a feast; hence], lively, gay, festive, joyous, gladsome, merry (syn.: lepidus, urbanus, salsus, facetus).

Lit. (ante- and post-class.): festivum festinant diem, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 401 (Trag. v. 434 ed. Vahl.):

ludi,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 3; cf.

alea,

Gell. 18, 13, 1:

locus,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 5; id. Poen. 5, 1, 9:

facinus lepidum et festivum,

id. ib. 1, 2, 95:

hospitium in lepido loco,

id. ib. 3, 3, 82; cf.:

festivissimum convivium,

Just. 38, 8 fin. —

Subst.: festīvum, i, n., festive jollity, festivity:

in vindemiarum festivo,

Lampr. Heliog. 11.—

Transf.

In gen., agreeable, pleasing, handsome, pretty:

luculenta atque festiva femina,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 12; cf. id. Ep. 5, 1, 17:

nonne igitur sunt ista festiva?

Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38:

aedes festivissimae,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 93:

area parvula sed festiva,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 4:

copia librorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 6, 1:

opera,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 108. —

In partic.

Of behavior, character, etc., jovial, jocose, agreeable, dear:

quod te isti facilem et festivum putant,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 29:

puer,

Cic. Att. 1, 12 fin.; cf.:

quibus (pueris) nihil potest esse festivius,

id. Fam. 6, 4, 3:

filius,

id. Fl. 36, 91:

homo,

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13; id. de Or. 2, 68, 277. —

As a term of endearment:

o mi pater festivissime!

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 26; so,

festivum caput!

id. ib. 2, 3, 8.—

Of speech, humorous, pleasant, witty:

dulcis et facetus festivique sermonis,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108:

poëma facit ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil ut fieri possit argutius,

id. Pis. 29, 70:

oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 25, 100:

acroama,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49; Quint. 6, 3, 39.— Hence, adv., in two forms, festīve (class.) and festīvĭter (ante- and post-class.).

Joyously, gayly, cheerfully:

loco in festivo sumus festive accepti,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 9.—

Transf.

Agreeably, pleasantly, delightfully: o domus parata pulchrae familiae festiviter! Naev. ap. Non. 510, 16. —

Humorously, facetiously, wittily.

Form festive:

agere fabellam,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 3:

crimen contexere,

id. Deiot. 6, 19:

dissolvere argumentum,

id. Div. 2, 15, 35:

aliquid odorari,

id. Att. 4, 14, 2:

tradere elementa loquendi,

id. Ac. 2, 28, 92. As a particle of assent:

quare bene et praeclare quamvis nobis saepe dicatur: belle et festive nimium saepe nolo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101.—

Form festiviter: Epictetus severe simul ac festiviter sejunxit a vero Stoico, qui esset akôlutos, Gell. 1, 2, 7:

respondere,

id. 1, 22, 6.— Sup.: decorare festum festivissime, Poët. ap. Charis. 2, p. 180 P. (Rib. Fragm. Trag. Inc. 223).

festīvus, a, um, adj. [1. festus; lit., feast-like, belonging to a feast; hence], lively, gay, festive, joyous, gladsome, merry (syn.: lepidus, urbanus, salsus, facetus).

Lit. (ante- and post-class.): festivum festinant diem, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 9, 401 (Trag. v. 434 ed. Vahl.):

ludi,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 3; cf.

alea,

Gell. 18, 13, 1:

locus,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 5; id. Poen. 5, 1, 9:

facinus lepidum et festivum,

id. ib. 1, 2, 95:

hospitium in lepido loco,

id. ib. 3, 3, 82; cf.:

festivissimum convivium,

Just. 38, 8 fin. —

Subst.: festīvum, i, n., festive jollity, festivity:

in vindemiarum festivo,

Lampr. Heliog. 11.—

Transf.

In gen., agreeable, pleasing, handsome, pretty:

luculenta atque festiva femina,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 12; cf. id. Ep. 5, 1, 17:

nonne igitur sunt ista festiva?

Cic. Par. 5, 2, 38:

aedes festivissimae,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 93:

area parvula sed festiva,

Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 4:

copia librorum,

Cic. Att. 2, 6, 1:

opera,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 108. —

In partic.

Of behavior, character, etc., jovial, jocose, agreeable, dear:

quod te isti facilem et festivum putant,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 29:

puer,

Cic. Att. 1, 12 fin.; cf.:

quibus (pueris) nihil potest esse festivius,

id. Fam. 6, 4, 3:

filius,

id. Fl. 36, 91:

homo,

id. Phil. 5, 5, 13; id. de Or. 2, 68, 277. —

As a term of endearment:

o mi pater festivissime!

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 26; so,

festivum caput!

id. ib. 2, 3, 8.—

Of speech, humorous, pleasant, witty:

dulcis et facetus festivique sermonis,

Cic. Off. 1, 30, 108:

poëma facit ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil ut fieri possit argutius,

id. Pis. 29, 70:

oratio,

id. de Or. 3, 25, 100:

acroama,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 49; Quint. 6, 3, 39.— Hence, adv., in two forms, festīve (class.) and festīvĭter (ante- and post-class.).

Joyously, gayly, cheerfully:

loco in festivo sumus festive accepti,

Plaut. Ps. 5, 1, 9.—

Transf.

Agreeably, pleasantly, delightfully: o domus parata pulchrae familiae festiviter! Naev. ap. Non. 510, 16. —

Humorously, facetiously, wittily.

Form festive:

agere fabellam,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 3:

crimen contexere,

id. Deiot. 6, 19:

dissolvere argumentum,

id. Div. 2, 15, 35:

aliquid odorari,

id. Att. 4, 14, 2:

tradere elementa loquendi,

id. Ac. 2, 28, 92. As a particle of assent:

quare bene et praeclare quamvis nobis saepe dicatur: belle et festive nimium saepe nolo,

Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101.—

Form festiviter: Epictetus severe simul ac festiviter sejunxit a vero Stoico, qui esset akôlutos, Gell. 1, 2, 7:

respondere,

id. 1, 22, 6.— Sup.: decorare festum festivissime, Poët. ap. Charis. 2, p. 180 P. (Rib. Fragm. Trag. Inc. 223).

lūdo, si, sum ( inf. ludier, Ter. Ad. 4, 3, 16), 3, v. a. and n. [root lud- for loid-, from Sanscr. krīd, to play; cf. laus and cluere from Sanscr. root cru-], to play.

Lit., to play, play at a game of some kind:

tesseris,

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 21:

aleā ludere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 23, 56:

pilā et duodecim scriptis,

id. de Or. 1, 50, 217; 1, 16, 73; 2, 62, 253:

cum pila,

id. Tusc. 5, 20, 60:

trocho,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 56:

nucibus,

Mart. 14, 1, 12:

pilā,

Val. Max. 8, 8, 2:

positā luditur arcā,

with one's whole cash-box staked, Juv. 1, 90:

eburnis quadrigis cotidie in abaco,

Suet. Ner. 22:

apud quem alea lusum esse dicetur,

Dig. 11, 5, 1 praef.:

senatus consultum vetuit in pecuniam ludere,

to play for money, ib. 11, 5, 2:

ego nisi quom lusim nil morer ullum lucrum,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 7, 22. —

With acc.:

aleam,

Suet. Aug. 70; id. Claud. 33; id. Ner. 30:

par impar,

id. Aug. 71; Hor. S. 2, 3, 248:

ducatus et imperia,

Suet. Ner. 35:

Trojam,

id. Caes. 39; id. Ner. 7:

proelia latronum,

Ov. A. A. 3, 357; cf. pass.:

sunt aliis scriptae, quibus alea luditur, artes,

id. Tr. 2, 471:

alea luditur,

Juv. 8, 10:

aleae ludendae causa,

Dig. 11, 5, 1 praef.:

alea ludebatur,

ib. 11, 5, 1, § 2.—

Absol.:

lusimus per omnes dies,

Suet. Aug. 71; 94; cf.:

ludis circensibus elephantos lusisse,

appeared in the public games, Liv. 44, 18, 8.—In sup.:

dimittere lusum,

Varr. Sat. Men. 53, 7.—

To play, sport, frisk, frolic:

dum se exornat, nos volo Ludere inter nos,

have some fun, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 20:

ludere armis,

Lucr. 2, 631:

suppeditant et campus noster et studia venandi honesta exempla ludendi,

Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104:

ad ludendumne, an ad pugnandum, arma sumturi,

id. de Or. 2, 20, 84:

in numerum,

dance, Verg. E. 6, 28:

hic juvenum series teneris immixta puellis ludit,

Tib. 1, 3, 64:

cumque marinae In sicco ludunt fulicae,

Verg. G. 1, 363:

in exiguo cymba lacu,

Ov. Tr. 2, 330. —

Trop.

To sport, play with any thing, to practise as a pastime, amuse one's self with any thing:

illa ipsa ludens conjeci in communes locos, Cic. Par. prooem.: Prima Syracosio dignata est ludere versu Nostra... Thalia,

Verg. E. 6, 1.—Esp., to play on an instrument of music, to make or compose music or song:

ludere quae vellem calamo permisit agresti,

Verg. E. 1, 10:

talia fumosi luduntur mense Decembri,

Ov. Tr. 2, 491:

quod tenerae cantent, lusit tua musa, puellae,

id. Am. 3, 1, 27:

coloni Versibus incomptis ludunt,

Verg. G. 2, 386:

carmina pastorum,

id. ib. 4, 565; Suet. Ner. 3:

si quid vacui sub umbra Lusimus tecum,

Hor. C. 1, 22, 2.—

To sport, dally, wanton (cf. "amorous play," Milton, P. L. 9, 1045):

scis solere illam aetatem tali ludo ludere,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 36: affatim edi, bibi, lusi, Liv. Andron. ap. Paul. ex Fest. s. v. affatim, p. 11 Müll.; cf.:

lusisti satis, edisti satis, atque bibisti,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 214; Ov. A. A. 2, 389; Cat. 61, 207; Suet. Tib. 44; Mart. 11, 104, 5.—

Ludere aliquem or aliquid, to play, mock, imitate, mimic a person or thing (only in mockery; cf.: partes agere, etc.): civem bonum ludit, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 1; cf.:

ludere opus,

to imitate work, make believe work, Hor. S. 2, 3, 252:

magistratum fascibus purpurāque,

App. M. 11, p. 260 fin.:

ludere causas,

Calp. Ecl. 1, 45: impia dum Phoebi Caesar mendacia ludit, Poët. ap. Suet. Aug. 70.—

To trifle with:

summa pericula,

Mart. 9, 38, 1:

viribus imperii,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 18, 4.—

To spend in play or amusement, to sport away:

otium,

Mart. 3, 67, 9.—Hence, ludere operam, to throw away one's labor, to labor in vain, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 135.—

To make sport or game of a person, to ridicule, rally, banter:

Domitius in senatu lusit Appium collegam,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15 a, 13:

satis jocose aliquem ludere,

id. ib. 2, 12, 2:

omnium irrisione ludi,

id. de Or. 1, 12, 50.—Rarely with ad:

caput aselli, ad quod lascivi ludebant ruris alumni,

Juv. 11, 98.—

To delude, deceive:

auditis, an me ludit amabilis Insania?

Hor. C. 3, 4, 5; Ov. A. A. 3, 332:

custodes,

Tib. 1, 6, 9; 3, 4, 7.— Comp.:

hoc civili bello, quam multa (haruspicum responsa) luserunt,

i. e. gave wanton, deceptive responses, Cic. Div. 2, 24, 53.

stŏlātus, a, um, adj. [stola].

Lit., dressed in or wearing a stola:

mulieres,

Vitr. 1, 1 med.—Subst.: stŏlātae, ārum, f., = matronae, noble dames, matrons, Petr. 44, 18.—

Transf.:

pudor,

i.e. befitting a matron, Mart. 1, 36, 8: Ulixes, Ulysses in petticoats, a jocose appellation of Livia on account of her cunning, Calig. ap. Suet. Calig. 23.

stŏlātus, a, um, adj. [stola].

Lit., dressed in or wearing a stola:

mulieres,

Vitr. 1, 1 med.—Subst.: stŏlātae, ārum, f., = matronae, noble dames, matrons, Petr. 44, 18.—

Transf.:

pudor,

i.e. befitting a matron, Mart. 1, 36, 8: Ulixes, Ulysses in petticoats, a jocose appellation of Livia on account of her cunning, Calig. ap. Suet. Calig. 23.

clownish, jesting, jocose, jocular

1. droll

2. jocose

3. jocosely adv

4. ludicrous adj

5. quizzical [odd]

6. whimsical

1. jocose

2. jocosely

3. jocular

4. joking

5. playfully Br.

6. playful [joking]

wag, witty, jocose, jocoseness, jocular, facetious