buccŭla (būcŭla), ae, f. dim. [bucca].
I A little cheek or mouth , * Suet. Galb. 4: pressa Cupidinis buccula, Ap. Met. 6, 22, 6; 3, 19, 16; Arn. 2, p. 73.—
II In milit. lang.
A The beaver , that part of a helmet which covers the mouth and cheeks , παραγναθίς: bucculas tergere, Liv. 44, 34, 8; Juv. 10, 134; Capitol. Max. Jun. 3; Cod. Th. 10, 22, 1.—
B Bucculae, two cheeks , one on each side of the channel in which the arrow of the catapulta was placed , Vitr. 10, 15, 3.