buccula

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