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

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S&H Smith & Hall (2)
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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.
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• joke (v.):
      1. 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. 2. căvillor, 1: v. to jest. Join: cavillari ac jocari [cum aliquo], Cic.
      3. 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. 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.
R&A Riddle & Arnold (1)
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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• JOKE
1. s. jocus (in plur., joca, the usual form, in Cic., Sall.; joci in Liv., and following prose writers). (The words are found in this connection and order.) ludus et jocus (ludus, relating to playful actions): facetiae (facetious sallies, etc.): sales (pungent witticisms): logus or logos (puns, etc.; omnes logos, qui ludis dicti sunt, animadvertisse, Cic., ap. Non., 63, 18); ridicule dicta; jocationes. A little joke, joculus: a dull joke, jocus frigidus: to cut dull jokes, in jocis frigidum esse (Quint.): a rude joke, jocus illiberalis: a saucy joke, jocus petulans: in joke, per jocum: per ludum et jocum: per ridiculum: joco: joculariter (e.g., objicere alicui aliquid). In joke or in earnest, per jocum aut severe: do you say this in joke or in earnest? jocone an serio hoc dicis? to say anything in joke, jocari aliquid; dicere aliquid per jocum: it was only a joke, jocabar: to be cutting jokes, joculari (*Liv., 7, 10, extr.); joca agere; with anybody, cum aliquo: to cut jokes on one another, inter se jocularia fundere or ridicula jactitare (Liv., 7, 2): to cut a joke, jocari: joco uti; about anything, jocari in aliquid: not to understand a joke, jocum (or quod per jocum dictum est) in serium convertere: to deal in rude jokes, *illiberaliter jocari: to convey truths under the form of jokes, ridicula sententiose dicere: the Greeks make a joke of swearing and giving false witness, Graecis jusjurandum jocus est, testimonium ludus: does that seem to you a good joke? itane lepidum videtur? I now come to your jokes, nunc venio ad jocationes tuas (Cic.).
2. v. jocari: joco uti: joca agere (with anybody, cum aliquo): joculari (Liv.); ridicula dicere; at anything, jocari in aliquid; at anybody, jocosa dicta jactare in aliquid. [Vid: “to cut JOKE (s)”]. Joking apart, amoto or remoto joco; amoto ludo (†); omissis jocis; extra jocum: but let us have done with joking, sed ridicula missa (sc. faciamus).