pollinctor
pollinctor (or pollictor), ōris, m. [pollingo],
- one who washes corpses and prepares them for burning, an undertaker: pollinctores sunt, qui mortuos curant, Non. 157, 20; cf.: pollinctores dicti sunt, qui funera morientium accurant, Fulg. p. 559, 9; Plaut. Poen. prol. 63; id. As. 5, 2, 60 (910); Varr. ap. Non. 157, 21 sq.; Mart. 10, 97, 3; Dig. 14, 3, 5; Sid. Ep. 3, 13; of buriers, Vulg. Ezech. 39, 15.
pollīnctor, s. pollīctor.
~inctor, sepeliens
~inctores ‥ et vispilliones ‥ de propriis sumptibus conduxit. cadaver regis ad portum Sequane devexit
advenerant mane ~inctores qui funus efferrent
quod polictor ‥ ville ‥ eat per eandem villam ad pronunciandum ‥ diem obitus
a belle man , polector
an hange man , lictor, polictor
pollīnctŏr, (16) ōris, m. (pollingo), ensevelisseur, croque-mort : Mart. 10, 97, 3.
POLLINCTOR
POLLINCTOR[FUNUS]
Pollinctor
An undertaker's assistant who washed and anointed the corpse, and prepared it either for burial or for the funeral pile (Mart.x. 97).