jest (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. jŏcus2. căvillātio • jest (subs.): 1. jŏcus: in j., per jocum, Pl. Am. 3, 2, 39: also joco (ne joco quidem mentiri). Nep. Epam. 3: v. joke, sport. 2. căvillātio: a bitter j., acerba c., Suet. Tib. 57. To say in j., jocari: Cic.: v. to joke.