jŏcŭlāris, e, adj. [ioculus],
facetious, jocular, laughable, droll (class.): audacia, Ter. Phorm. 134: joculare istuc quidem, Cic. Leg. 1, 20: licentia, id. Fat. 8.—Subst.: jŏcŭlārĭa , ium, n. plur., jests, jokes : ut qui jocularia ridens Percurram, Hor. S. 1, 1, 23: fundere, Liv. 7, 2.—Adv.: jŏcŭlā-rĭter , jocosely, in a jocular or comical manner : irridere, Ps.-Ascon. ap. Cic. Div. in Caecin. 11, 33: obicere aliquid alicui, Plin. 22, 22, 38, § 80: canere carmina, Suet. Caes. 49.