vispellio

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

vispellio, ōnis, m.,

a class of thieves who robbed corpses of their grave-clothes , Dig. 21, 2, 31; 36, 1, 7 fin. ; 46, 3, 72, § 5 Momms.