LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

buccula

buccula f (genitive bucculae)
Classical[ˈbʊk.kʊ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[ˈbuk.ku.la]

Meaning

  1. femininelittle cheek or mouth
    pressa Cupidinis buccula.
  2. femininethe beaver, part of a helmet which covers the mouth and cheeks
    bucculas tergere.
  3. femininetwo cheeks, one on each side of the channel in which the arrow of the catapulta was placed

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativebucculabucculae
genitivebucculaebucculārum
dativebucculaebucculīs
accusativebucculambucculās
ablativebucculābucculīs
vocativebucculabucculae

buccŭla (būcŭla), ae, f. dim. bucca.
I. A little cheek or mouth, * Suet. Galb. 4: pressa Cupidinis buccula, App. M. 6, p. 182, 17; 3, p. 137, 40; Arn. 2, p. 73.—
II. In milit. lang.
A. The beaver, that part of a helmet which covers the mouth and cheeks, παραγναθίς: bucculas tergere, Liv. 44, 34, 8; Juv. 10, 134; Capitol. Max. Jun. 3; Cod. Th. 10, 22, 1.—
B. Bucculae, two cheeks, one on each side of the channel in which the arrow of the catapulta was placed, Vitr. 10, 15, 3.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin buccula From bucca (“cheek”) + -ula (diminutive suffix).

Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Italianborchiafrom Franco-Provençal boclla
  • Frenchbouclefrom Old French boucle
  • Catalanbuclefrom Old French boucle
  • Portuguesebuclefrom Old French boucle
  • Romanianbuclăfrom Old French boucle
  • Spanishbuclefrom Old French boucle
  • Englishbucklefrom Old French boucle
  • GermanBuckelfrom Old French boucle
  • Esperantobuklofrom Old French boucle
  • Galicianbuclefrom Old French boucle
Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Occitanbocla
  • Occitanbloca
  • Auvergnatboclhafrom Occitan bocla
  • Gasconboglafrom Occitan bocla
  • Languedocienboglafrom Occitan bocla
  • Limousinboclhafrom Occitan bocla
Italo-Romance
  • Italianboccola
  • Istriotbócola
  • Sicilianbùccula
  • Sicilianvùccula
Padanian
  • Piedmontesebocla
  • Piedmontesebogla
  • Piedmontesebogia
  • Piedmontesebócola

Quick answers

What does buccula mean in Latin?
buccula, a noun, means “little cheek or mouth; the beaver, part of a helmet which covers the mouth and cheeks; two cheeks, one on each side of the channel in which the arrow of the catapulta was placed”.
What is the genitive of buccula?
The genitive singular is bucculae. buccula is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce buccula?
In classical Latin, [ˈbʊk.kʊ.ɫa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈbuk.ku.la].