vespillo
See also: Vespillo
English
Noun
vespillo (plural vespilloes)
- (historical, Roman antiquity) One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.
- 1642, Tho[mas] Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici. […], 4th edition, London: […] E. Cotes for Andrew Crook […], published 1656, →OCLC:
- Like vespilloes or gravemakers.
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(See the entry for vespillo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Latin
Etymology
Diminutive of vespa.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯esˈpil.loː/, [u̯ɛs̠ˈpɪlːʲoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /vesˈpil.lo/, [vesˈpilːo]
Noun
vespillō m (genitive vespillōnis); third declension
- An undertaker who buries paupers.
- A ghoul, graverobber.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| 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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