Vespillo

See also: vespillo

Latin

Etymology

From vespillō (“undertaker”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯esˈpil.loː/, [u̯ɛs̠ˈpɪlːʲoː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vesˈpil.lo/, [vesˈpilːo]

Proper noun

Vespillō m sg (genitive Vespillōnis); third declension

A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
1. Quintus Lucretius Vespillo, a Roman politician

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Vespillō
Genitive	Vespillōnis
Dative	Vespillōnī
Accusative	Vespillōnem
Ablative	Vespillōne
Vocative	Vespillō

References

Vespillo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“Vespillo”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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