buccus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Frankish *bukk (buck, goat), from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz; possibly assisted by Gaulish *bukkos, from Proto-Celtic *bukkos (goat).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

buccus m (genitive buccī); second declension[1][2]

  1. (Medieval Latin) he-goat

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative buccus buccī
Genitive buccī buccōrum
Dative buccō buccīs
Accusative buccum buccōs
Ablative buccō buccīs
Vocative bucce buccī

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “buccus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 107
  2. ^ buccus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)