ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful
būcĭnum: (bucc-), i, n. id..
I The sound or blast of a trumpet, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103; 11, 10, 10, § 20.—Hence, ad Bucinum, a quarter in Rome, Dig. 14, 4, 5, § 16. —
II A shell-fish used in dyeing purple, Plin. 9, 36, 61, § 129 sq.