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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• joke (subs.):
      1. 1. jŏcus, pl. -i and -a: defined as anything contrary to earnest, Quint. 6, 3, 21: for the sake of a j., joci causâ, Cic. Ph. 2, 17, 42: in j., per jocum: v. jest. (N.B.--The forms joci and joca are used without difference of meaning; but, excepting Cic. and Lucr., most writers use joci.) Dimin. joculus, Pl.
      2. 2. jŏcātio: Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 2.
      3. 3. rīdĭcŭlum (esp. as rhet. t. t., the ridiculous: Gr. [Greek: to geloion]): cf. Cic. Or. 26: Quint. 6, 3, 22: to say in j., per r. dicere, Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134.
      4. 4. bŏnum dictum (a bon mot): v. witticism. Phr.: to turn the edge of censure by a j., joculari responsione eludere, Gell. 12, 12: to make j.s, say a thing in j., jocari, Cic.: v. jest.