The corpus record — Latin

bucca

puffed, filled out cheek; mouth

Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited Latin corpus; none are written from memory.

Distribution

Apocolocyntosis 1 · 3.69/10k
Stichus 2 · 3.22/10k
Truculentus 2 · 2.44/10k
Cum Senatui Gratias Egit 1 · 2.31/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Saturae 5 · 2.01/10k
Poenulus 2 · 1.81/10k
Satyricon 5 · 1.64/10k
Epigrammata 9 · 1.6/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
Epistulae, Books VIII-IX 1 · 0.79/10k
Divus Augustus 1 · 0.75/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. bucca — de Vaan

puffed, filled out cheek; mouth

2. bucca — Lewis & Short

The cheek

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) scan p. 90; entry #160 Review: Under source audit
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine scan p. 87; entry #1119 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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