bucco

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See also: Bucco and bucco-

Latin

Etymology

From bucca (cheek) +‎ -ō, -ōn- (noun-forming suffix).

Noun

buccō m (genitive buccōnis); third declension

  1. (derogatory) babbler, fool, blockhead
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo stultus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative buccō buccōnēs
genitive buccōnis buccōnum
dative buccōnī buccōnibus
accusative buccōnem buccōnēs
ablative buccōne buccōnibus
vocative buccō buccōnēs

References

  • bucco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bucco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.