joke (v.) Copy link Outline 1. jŏcor, 12. căvillor, 13. irrīdeo, si, sum, 3 (to laugh over anything)4. lūdo, si, sum, 3 (not to be in earnest) • joke (v.): 1. jŏcor, 1: to j. about a thing, j. de aliqua re, Cic. Fam. 7, 11; at anything, in aliquam rem, Hor. S. 1, 5. 62: also absol., do you think she is j.ing, tu hanc j. credis? Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 7: Cic. 2. căvillor, 1: v. to jest. Join: cavillari ac jocari [cum aliquo], Cic. 3. irrīdeo, si, sum, 3 (to laugh over anything): do you j. about so grave a matter, irrides in re tanta? Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 29. 4. lūdo, si, sum, 3 (not to be in earnest): you think I am j.ing, l. me putas, Plin. Ep. 1, 11, 1: also as v. trans., I j.d him neatly enough, lusi eum jocose satis, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12.