buccellatum

Latin

Alternative forms

• būcellātum

Etymology

From buccella (“morsel, mouthful”) +‎ -ātus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /buk.kelˈlaː.tum/, [bʊkːɛlˈlʲäːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /but.t͡ʃelˈla.tum/, [butː͡ʃelˈläːt̪um]

Noun

buccellātum n (genitive buccellātī); second declension

1. soldiers' biscuit, hardtack
   • 438 CE, Codex Theodosianus 7.4.6:

     Repetita consuetudo monstravit expeditionis tempore buccellatum ac panem

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	buccellātum	buccellāta
genitive	buccellātī	buccellātōrum
dative	buccellātō	buccellātīs
accusative	buccellātum	buccellāta
ablative	buccellātō	buccellātīs
vocative	buccellātum	buccellāta

Related terms

• bucca
• buccellārius

Descendants

• Italian: buccellato
• Sicilian: vucciḍḍatu

References

• “buccellatum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• buccellatum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.