ioculator

Latin

Etymology

From ioculor (“I jest, joke”) +‎ -tor, from ioculus, diminutive of iocus (“a joke, jest”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [jɔ.kʊˈɫaː.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [jo.kuˈlaː.tor]

Noun

ioculātor m (genitive ioculātōris); third declension

1. one who jokes; a joker, jester

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ioculātor	ioculātōrēs
genitive	ioculātōris	ioculātōrum
dative	ioculātōrī	ioculātōribus
accusative	ioculātōrem	ioculātōrēs
ablative	ioculātōre	ioculātōribus
vocative	ioculātor	ioculātōrēs

Related terms

• ioculor
• ioculātōrius
• iocus

References

• “joculator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ioculator”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "ioculator", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)