buccella

Latin

Etymology

From bucca (“cheek, mouth, mouthful”) +‎ -ella (diminutive suffix). Compare buccea.

Noun

buccella f (genitive buccellae); first declension

1. morsel, small mouthful
2. small bread divided among the poor

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	buccella	buccellae
Genitive	buccellae	buccellārum
Dative	buccellae	buccellīs
Accusative	buccellam	buccellās
Ablative	buccellā	buccellīs
Vocative	buccella	buccellae

Derived terms

• bucellārius
• buccelāris
• buccellāgō
• buccellātum

Descendants

• Italian: buccella
• → Proto-Basque: *bukeLa
  • Basque: okela
• Romanian: bucea

References

• “buccella”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• buccella 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)
• buccella in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.