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.
jest Copy link Outline 1. căvillor, 12. jŏcor, 1 • jest: 1. căvillor, 1: to j. about a thing, in aliqua re c., Cic. N. D. 3, 34, 83: also with direct acc., to j. at anything, e. g. togam praetextam, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 12. 2. jŏcor, 1: v. to joke.