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bucellarius
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English
Etymology
Latin buccellārius
Noun
bucellarius (plural bucellarii)
- (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
Declension
Second-declension noun.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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