English

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.

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.

References

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