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

1. 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