vespillo

See also: Vespillo

English

Etymology

From Latin vespillo.

Noun

vespillo (plural vespilloes)

  1. (historical, Roman antiquity) One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.
    • Sir Thomas Browne
      Like vespilloes or grave makers.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for vespillo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Etymology

diminutive of vespa.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /wesˈpil.loː/, [wɛsˈpɪl.loː]

Noun

vespillō m (genitive vespillōnis); third declension

  1. An undertaker who buries paupers.
  2. A ghoul, graverobber.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vespillō vespillōnēs
Genitive vespillōnis vespillōnum
Dative vespillōnī vespillōnibus
Accusative vespillōnem vespillōnēs
Ablative vespillōne vespillōnibus
Vocative vespillō vespillōnēs

References
  • vespillo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vespillo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • vespillo in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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