ioculator

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯o.kuˈlaː.tor/, [i̯ɔkʊˈɫ̪äːt̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /jo.kuˈla.tor/, [jokuˈläːt̪or]

Noun

ioculātor m (genitive ioculātōris); third declension

1. one who jokes; a joker, jester

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)