bucellarius

== 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 (Late Latin) bucellarius ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).