buccula
Ἀναξαγόρας δύο ἔλεγε διδασκαλίας εἶναι θανάτου, τόν τε πρὸ τοῦ γενέσθαι χρόνον καὶ τὸν ὕπνον → Anaxagoras used to say that we have two teachers for death: the time before we were born and sleep | Anaxagoras said that there are two rehearsals for death: the time before being born and sleep
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
buccŭla: (būcŭla), ae, f.
dim. bucca.
I A little cheek or mouth, * Suet. Galb. 4: pressa Cupidinis buccula, App. M. 6, p. 182, 17; 3, p. 137, 40; Arn. 2, p. 73.—
II In milit. lang.
A The beaver, that part of a helmet which covers the mouth and cheeks, παραγναθίς: bucculas tergere, Liv. 44, 34, 8; Juv. 10, 134; Capitol. Max. Jun. 3; Cod. Th. 10, 22, 1.—
B Bucculae, two cheeks, one on each side of the channel in which the arrow of the catapulta was placed, Vitr. 10, 15, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
buccŭla¹⁵ (būcŭla), æ, f. (bucca),
1 petite bouche : Suet. Galba 4 || petite joue : Apul. M. 3, 19
2 [fig.] a) bosse du bouclier : Liv. 44, 34, 8 ; b) mentonnière du casque : Juv. 10, 134 ; Cod. Th. 10, 22, 1 ; c) pl., deux tringles formant glissière dans la catapulte : Vitr. Arch. 10, 2, 11.
Latin > German (Georges)
buccula (būcula), ae, f. (Demin. v. bucca), I) das Bäcklein, die zarte Backe, Plaut. truc. 290. Suet. Galb. 4, 1. Apul. met. 3, 19 u. 6, 22. Arnob. 2, 42. – II) übtr.: 1) παραγναθίς, das Backenstück am Helme Liv. 44, 34, 8. Iuven. 10, 134 (dazu Heinr.). Capit. Maxim. iun. 3, 9. Cod. Theod. 10, 22, 1: bucularum structores, Tarrunt. dig. 50, 6, 7 (6) M. – 2) die Backe = eine Seitenplatte zur Bekleidung, buculae stagneae, *Vitr. 10, 2 (6), 11. – 3) die Backe (rechts u. links) an der catapulta, zur Sicherlegung des Geschosses, Vitr. 10, 10 (15), 3. – 4) ein Kochgefäß, Anthim. 3.
