Bucculeius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /buk.kuˈleː.i.us/, [bʊkːʊˈɫ̪eːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /buk.kuˈle.i.us/, [bukːuˈlɛːius]

Proper noun

Bucculēius m sg (genitive Bucculēiī or Bucculēī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Bucculeius, a Roman scholar

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bucculēius
Genitive	Bucculēiī Bucculēī1
Dative	Bucculēiō
Accusative	Bucculēium
Ablative	Bucculēiō
Vocative	Bucculēī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “M. Bucculeius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray