noun

buccŭla

gen. buccŭlae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

(), , dim. bucca.

A little cheek; mouth •

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.—

In milit. lang.

The beaver; that part of a helmet which covers the mouth and cheeks •

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.—

two cheeks; one on each side of the channel in which the arrow of the catapulta was placed

Bucculae, two cheeks, one on each side of the channel in which the arrow of the catapulta was placed, Vitr. 10, 15, 3.

Perseus ID: n5791 Key: buccula