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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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (3):
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 10.15.3
    • Suetonius, Galba, 4
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 44, 34
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