vespillo
From LSJ
ψυχῆς ἀγῶνα τὸν προκείμενον πέρι δώσων → to stand the appointed trial for his life, to stand the appointed struggle for life and death
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vespillo: ōnis, m.
dim. 2. vespa,
I a corpse-bearer who carried out the bodies of the poor at night, Suet. Dom. 17 fin.; Mart. 1, 48, 1; cf. vespae.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) vespillō,¹⁶ ōnis, m. (2 vespa),
1 croque- mort des pauvres, qu’on ensevelissait le soir] : Suet. Dom. 17 ; Mart. 1, 47, 2
2 violateur de sépulture : Fulg. Exp. serm. ant. 2, 168 ; Gloss. Vat. 4, 191, 39.
