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Vespillo

Vespillo \Ves*pil"lo\, n.; pl. Vespilloes. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.

Like vespilloes or grave makers.
--Sir T. Browne.

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vespillo

n. (context historical Roman antiquity English) One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial.

Usage examples of "vespillo".

His deputy, Lucretius Vespillo, ordered the fleet to return to base, and there Bibulus was put to bed.

Lucretius Vespillo took another executive decision: to send to Dyrrachium for Cato.

Scribonius Libo was waiting outside the room with Vespillo, Torquatus and some others.

When his condition failed to improve, Lucretius Vespillo took another executive decision: to send to Dyrrachium for Cato.

Lucius Scribonius Libo was waiting outside the room with Vespillo, Torquatus and some others.