buccus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. (Medieval Latin) he-goat

Declension

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

References
  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)
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