bucco
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bucco, bucconis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
fathead, dolt, blockhead, fool;
nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Paete, decem tibi me sestertia cogis, perdiderit quoniam Bucco ducenta tibi. Ne noceant, oro, mihi non mea crimina..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...plena scapulas eius subinde verberavit, interque risum proclamavit: "Bucco, bucco, quot sunt hic?" Repressus ergo aliquamdiu Trimalchio camellam..."