"vespillo" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: vespilloes [plural]
Etymology: From Latin vespillo. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|vespillo}} Latin vespillo Head templates: {{en-noun|vespilloes}} vespillo (plural vespilloes)
  1. (Ancient Rome) One who carried out the dead bodies of the poor at night for burial. Tags: Ancient-Rome Categories (topical): Ancient Rome
    Sense id: en-vespillo-en-noun-8zRWi12L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /u̯esˈpil.loː/ [Classical], [u̯ɛs̠ˈpɪlːʲoː] [Classical], /vesˈpil.lo/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [vesˈpilːo] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly a derivative of vespa (“wasp”). Festus describes vespa and vespula as synonyms of vespillo in this sense, but denies a connection to the 'wasp' lexeme and instead gives a (likely folk etymology) derivation of these three terms from vesper (“evening”). Thus, a semantic connection with wasps was apparently not obvious to Festus. Regardless, some modern etymologists have favored this derivation; Benveniste 1923-1924:124f argued that wasps were noted for carrying the body of their prey to their nests. The second element may be the diminutive suffix -illus, followed by -ō, -ōnis m (suffix forming appellations) making the overall structure vespa + -illus + -ō. De Vaan cites Watkins 1969 for a proposal that the word comes instead from a PIE root for 'clothing' or 'shroud' and is cognate to Hittite [script needed] (wašpaš, “clothes”). Etymology templates: {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{m|la|vespa|t=wasp}} vespa (“wasp”), {{m|la|vesper|t=evening}} vesper (“evening”), {{m|la|-illus}} -illus, {{m|la|-ō|-ō, -ōnis|g=m|id=noun}} -ō, -ōnis m, {{af|la|vespa|-illus|-ō|id3=noun}} vespa + -illus + -ō, {{cog|hit||t=clothes|tr=wašpaš}} Hittite [script needed] (wašpaš, “clothes”) Head templates: {{la-noun|vespillō<3>|g=m}} vespillō m (genitive vespillōnis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|vespillō<3>}} Forms: vespillō [canonical, masculine], vespillōnis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], vespillō [nominative, singular], vespillōnēs [nominative, plural], vespillōnis [genitive, singular], vespillōnum [genitive, plural], vespillōnī [dative, singular], vespillōnibus [dative, plural], vespillōnem [accusative, singular], vespillōnēs [accusative, plural], vespillōne [ablative, singular], vespillōnibus [ablative, plural], vespillō [singular, vocative], vespillōnēs [plural, vocative]
  1. An undertaker who buries paupers. Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Burial, Occupations
    Sense id: en-vespillo-la-noun-lhSU6i1q Disambiguation of Burial: 59 41 Disambiguation of Occupations: 79 21 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 71 29
  2. A ghoul, graverobber. Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-vespillo-la-noun-wZLtD5eA Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup, Latin terms suffixed with -illus, Latin terms suffixed with -o (noun) Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 63 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -illus: 44 56 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -o (noun): 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vispillō, vispilliō, vespelliō, vispiliō, vispelliō

Inflected forms

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  ],
  "word": "vespillo"
}

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