"buccula" meaning in Latin

See buccula in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈbʊk.kʊ.ɫa] [Classical-Latin], [ˈbuk.ku.la] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Celticbor.? Latin bucca Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin buccula From bucca (“cheek”) + -ula (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:af|bucca<t:cheek>|-ulus<alt:-ula><pos:diminutive suffix>|text=+|title=buccula|tree=1}} Etymology tree Celticbor.? Latin bucca Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin buccula [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Celtic", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "cel" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "bucca", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "alt" : "-ula", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "diminutive", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-elós", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-lós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-elos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ulus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "diminutive suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "buccula", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="buccula"> From bucca (“cheek”) + -ula (diminutive suffix). Head templates: {{la-noun|buccula<1>}} buccula f (genitive bucculae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|buccula<1>}} Forms: bucculae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], buccula [nominative, singular], bucculae [nominative, plural], bucculae [genitive, singular], bucculārum [genitive, plural], bucculae [dative, singular], bucculīs [dative, plural], bucculam [accusative, singular], bucculās [accusative, plural], bucculā [ablative, singular], bucculīs [ablative, plural], buccula [singular, vocative], bucculae [plural, vocative]
  1. little cheek or mouth Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-buccula-la-noun-buJiUz11 Categories (other): Latin terms suffixed with -ulus Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ulus: 14 44 42
  2. (military) the beaver, part of a helmet which covers the mouth and cheeks Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-buccula-la-noun-dpT2m31f Categories (other): Military, Latin terms suffixed with -ulus Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ulus: 14 44 42 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. (military) two cheeks, one on each side of the channel in which the arrow of the catapulta was placed Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-buccula-la-noun-w2p-UO-A Categories (other): Military, Latin entries with etymology texts, Latin entries with etymology trees, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -ulus Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology texts: 10 31 59 Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymology trees: 10 31 59 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 35 59 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 25 28 48 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ulus: 14 44 42 Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

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