"pilum" meaning in Latin

See pilum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpiː.lum/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈpiːɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /ˈpi.lum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈpiːlum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European *pistlom, from *peys- (“to crush”). See pistillum, pīla, pīnsō. Etymology templates: {{der|la|itc-pro|*pistlom}} Proto-Italic *pistlom, {{der|la|ine-pro|*pistlom}} Proto-Indo-European *pistlom Head templates: {{la-noun|pīlum<2>}} pīlum n (genitive pīlī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pīlum<2>}} Forms: pīlum [canonical, neuter], pīlī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pīlum [nominative, singular], pīla [nominative, plural], pīlī [genitive, singular], pīlōrum [genitive, plural], pīlō [dative, singular], pīlīs [dative, plural], pīlum [accusative, singular], pīla [accusative, plural], pīlō [ablative, singular], pīlīs [ablative, plural], pīlum [singular, vocative], pīla [plural, vocative]
  1. a pounder, pestle Tags: declension-2
    Sense id: en-pilum-la-noun-QUJnHj8Z
  2. a javelin, throwing spear Tags: declension-2 Categories (topical): Spears
    Sense id: en-pilum-la-noun-NMUTwH8w Disambiguation of Spears: 14 77 9 Categories (other): Latin neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the second declension: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: pīnsō
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|la|noun form}} pilum
  1. accusative singular of pilus (“hair”) Tags: accusative, form-of, singular Form of: pilus (extra: hair)
    Sense id: en-pilum-la-noun-a7oGypZl Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 24 29 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.