puticuli

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

pŭtĭcŭli, ōrum, m., or pŭtĭcŭlae, ārum, f. [puteus, a well-hole],

the gravepits , i. e. the subterranean burying-places , near the Esquiline Hill , for the poor and for slaves , Varr. L. L. 5, § 25 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 216 Müll.