bucellarius

English

Etymology

Latin buccellārius

Noun

bucellarius (plural bucellarii)

  1. (historical) A formation of escort troops used in the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity.

Latin

Etymology

buccella +‎ -ārius, literally, “biscuit-eater”, from the name of soldiers' rations.

Noun

buccellārius m (genitive buccellāriī or buccellārī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) bucellarius

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative buccellārius buccellāriī
genitive buccellāriī
buccellārī1 		buccellāriōrum
dative buccellāriō buccellāriīs
accusative buccellārium buccellāriōs
ablative buccellāriō buccellāriīs
vocative buccellārie buccellāriī

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

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