Bucca

Latin

Alternative forms

• Buca

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.ka/, [ˈbʊkːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.ka/, [ˈbukːä]

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

• George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.