Bucca

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bucca (“jaw, cheeks”), of uncertain etymology. In Atellan Farce, the character of "Buccus" was a fat-cheeked gluttonous and boastful country buffoon.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bucca m sg (genitive Buccae); first declension

  1. a cognomen used by the gens Aemilia
    Lucius Aemilius Bucca
     

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Bucca
Genitive Buccae
Dative Buccae
Accusative Buccam
Ablative Buccā
Vocative Bucca

References

Old English

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bucca m

  1. a male given name
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