Vespillo

See also: vespillo

Latin

Etymology

From vespillō (“undertaker”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [wɛsˈpɪl.loː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [vesˈpil.lo]

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.

	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