bucco
Latin
Etymology
From bucca (“cheek”) + -ō, -ōn- (noun-forming suffix).
Noun
buccō m (genitive buccōnis); third declension
- (derogatory) babbler, fool, blockhead
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:homo stultus
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | buccō | buccōnēs |
| genitive | buccōnis | buccōnum |
| dative | buccōnī | buccōnibus |
| accusative | buccōnem | buccōnēs |
| ablative | buccōne | buccōnibus |
| vocative | buccō | buccōnēs |
References
- “bucco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bucco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.