dicaculus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dĭcācŭlus, a, um, adj. [dicax]. *

I Talkative, loquacious : amatrix, Plaut. As. 3, 1, 8.—

II Facetious, witty (perh. only in Appul.): puella (with lepida), Ap. Met. 2, 7, 21; sermo, id. ib. 3, 13, 8.—Adv.: dĭcācŭlē , keenly, satirically, facetiously : dixerat probrum, Ap. Met. 1, 9, 12; tractabat lurconem, id. ib. 8, 25, 9.