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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

bucco: ōnis, m.
I amplif. bucca, one who has distended cheeks], a babbler, blockhead, fool (very rare): bucco = garrulus, quod ceteros oris loquacitate, non sensu exsuperat, Isid. Orig. 10, 30: stulti, stolidi, fatui, fungi, bardi, blenni, buccones, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 2: macci et buccones, App. Mag. p. 325, 30.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

buccō,¹⁶ ōnis, m. (bucca), grande bouche, bavard : Isid. Orig. 10, 30 || sot, impertinent : Pl. Bacch. 1088 ; P. Fest. 35.

Latin > German (Georges)

bucco, ōnis, m. (bucca), der Tölpel in den Atellanen, der die Backen aufblies u. hinhielt (os praebuit), um sich zum Ergötzen der Zuschauer eine knallende Backpfeife (salpicta od. salpitta, Arnob. 7, 33) geben zu lassen. Dah. die Atellanentitel bucco adoptatus u. bucco auctoratus, Pompon. com. fr. p. 228 R2; dann übtr. = Tölpel, Einfaltspinsel, leerer Schwätzer (s. Isid. 10, 30), Pompon. com. 10. Aphriss. com. 1. Plaut. Bacch. 1088. Apul. apol. 81. Vgl. Löwe Prodr. p. 68. Heinrich Iuven. 5, 171 sqq.