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bucellarius

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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.

More information singular, plural ...

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

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