ustor
ustor, a burner of the dead, corpse-burner
ustor, ōris, m. [uro],
- a burner of dead bodies, a corpse-burner, Cic. Mil. 33, 90; Cat. 59, 5; Mart. 3, 93, 26; Luc. 8, 738.
ūstor, ōris, m. (uro), der Verbrenner der Leichen, Catull. 59, 5. Cic. Mil. 90. Mart. 3, 91, 26. Lucan. 8, 738.
ustŏr, (15) ōris, m. (uro), brûleur de cadavres : Cic. Mil. 90 ; Catul. 59, 5.
ūstor ōris, m
- VAS-, a burner of the dead, corpse-burner.
Ustor
(νεκροκαύστης). The person who assisted the undertaker (pollinctor, libitinarius) in laying out a corpse upon the pyre for burning (Mart. iii. 93). The occupation was regarded as a low and somewhat degraded one (Lucan, viii. 731). See funus.