"pilus" meaning in Latin

See pilus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpi.lus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈpɪɫ̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈpi.lus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈpiːlus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Uncertain. Older sources reconstruct Proto-Indo-European *pilo- (“hair”), with Latin pilleus (“felt cap”), Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos, “wool or hair wrought into felt”), Proto-Slavic *pьlstь (“felt”) as cognates, but this is no longer accepted. Etymology templates: {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{ncog|ine-pro||*pilo-|t=hair}} Proto-Indo-European *pilo- (“hair”), {{ncog|la|pilleus|t=felt cap}} Latin pilleus (“felt cap”), {{ncog|grc|πῖλος|t=wool or hair wrought into felt}} Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos, “wool or hair wrought into felt”), {{ncog|sla-pro|*pьlstь|t=felt}} Proto-Slavic *pьlstь (“felt”) Head templates: {{la-noun|pilus<2>}} pilus m (genitive pilī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pilus<2>}} Forms: pilī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pilus [nominative, singular], pilī [nominative, plural], pilī [genitive, singular], pilōrum [genitive, plural], pilō [dative, singular], pilīs [dative, plural], pilum [accusative, singular], pilōs [accusative, plural], pilō [ablative, singular], pilīs [ablative, plural], pile [singular, vocative], pilī [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy) A hair. Tags: declension-2, masculine Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: capillus
    Sense id: en-pilus-la-noun-ChX2PQi0 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 50 38 12 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 44 38 18 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (figuratively) An insignificant amount; iota; least amount Tags: declension-2, figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-pilus-la-noun-YoSaNjqm Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 44 38 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dēpilātus, pila, pilleus, pilō, pilōsus
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈpiː.lus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈpiːɫ̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈpi.lus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈpiːlus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From pīlum (“javelin”). Head templates: {{la-noun|pīlus<2>}} pīlus m (genitive pīlī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|pīlus<2>}} Forms: pīlus [canonical, masculine], pīlī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], pīlus [nominative, singular], pīlī [nominative, plural], pīlī [genitive, singular], pīlōrum [genitive, plural], pīlō [dative, singular], pīlīs [dative, plural], pīlum [accusative, singular], pīlōs [accusative, plural], pīlō [ablative, singular], pīlīs [ablative, plural], pīle [singular, vocative], pīlī [plural, vocative]
  1. A maniple of the triāriī; a reserve company of veteran soldiers. Tags: declension-2 Synonyms: pīlum Derived forms: prīmus pīlus
    Sense id: en-pilus-la-noun-nSdW51nE Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 44 38 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dēpilātus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pila"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pilleus"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pilō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "pilōsus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "per"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: per",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: per"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruq",
            "2": "per"
          },
          "expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: per",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Megleno-Romanian: per"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruo",
            "2": "per"
          },
          "expansion": "Istro-Romanian: per",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istro-Romanian: per"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "păr"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: păr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: păr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "pail"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "pelo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: pelo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: pelo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "pilo"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: pilo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: pilo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "pilu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: pilu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: pilu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "pilu",
            "3": "piu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: pilu, piu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: pilu, piu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Italian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "egl",
            "2": "pèil",
            "3": "päil",
            "4": "pel"
          },
          "expansion": "Emilian: pèil, päil, pel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Emilian: pèil, päil, pel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "pèi"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: pèi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: pèi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "pel",
            "3": "pil"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: pel, pil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: pel, pil"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "pèil",
            "3": "pèi"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: pèil, pèi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: pèil, pèi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "pél",
            "3": "päil"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: pél, päil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: pél, päil"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "pêl"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: pêl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: pêl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "pail",
            "3": "peil",
            "4": "pel"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: pail, peil, pel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: pail, peil, pel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "péło"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: péło",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: péło"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "pêl"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: pêl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: pêl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "peil",
            "3": "poil"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: peil, poil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: peil, poil"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "poil"
          },
          "expansion": "French: poil",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "pelage",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ pelage",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: poil ⇒ pelage"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "pelage",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: pelage",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: pelage"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "pé"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: pé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: pé"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Occitano-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "pèl"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: pèl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: pèl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "pel"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: pel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: pel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "pelu",
            "3": "pelo"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: pelu, pelo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: pelu, pelo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "pelo",
            "qq": "/l/ likely kept by analogy with cabelo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: pelo (/l/ likely kept by analogy with cabelo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: pelo (/l/ likely kept by analogy with cabelo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "pelo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: pelo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: pelo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "pelo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: pelo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: pelo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "pelo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: pelo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: pelo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "pile",
            "bor": "1",
            "qq": "fine underfur of certain animals"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: pile (fine underfur of certain animals)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: pile (fine underfur of certain animals)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "io",
            "2": "pilo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ido: pilo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ido: pilo"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*pilo-",
        "t": "hair"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pilo- (“hair”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pilleus",
        "t": "felt cap"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin pilleus (“felt cap”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πῖλος",
        "t": "wool or hair wrought into felt"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos, “wool or hair wrought into felt”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*pьlstь",
        "t": "felt"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *pьlstь (“felt”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Older sources reconstruct Proto-Indo-European *pilo- (“hair”), with Latin pilleus (“felt cap”), Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos, “wool or hair wrought into felt”), Proto-Slavic *pьlstь (“felt”) as cognates, but this is no longer accepted.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pilī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pilus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "pilus m (genitive pilī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pilus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "la:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "All topics",
            "Health",
            "Fundamental",
            "Body"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 38 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 38 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hair."
      ],
      "id": "en-pilus-la-noun-ChX2PQi0",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) A hair."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "capillus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 38 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An insignificant amount; iota; least amount"
      ],
      "id": "en-pilus-la-noun-YoSaNjqm",
      "links": [
        [
          "iota",
          "iota"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) An insignificant amount; iota; least amount"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpi.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɪɫ̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpi.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpiːlus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Julius Pokorny",
    "fr:Jacques André"
  ],
  "word": "pilus"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From pīlum (“javelin”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pīlus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pīlus<2>"
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      "expansion": "pīlus m (genitive pīlī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pīlus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 38 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "prīmus pīlus"
        }
      ],
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        "A maniple of the triāriī; a reserve company of veteran soldiers."
      ],
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        [
          "maniple",
          "maniple"
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        [
          "triāriī",
          "triarii"
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        {
          "word": "pīlum"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
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    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpiː.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpiːɫ̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpi.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpiːlus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Latin 2-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dēpilātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "pila"
    },
    {
      "word": "pilleus"
    },
    {
      "word": "pilō"
    },
    {
      "word": "pilōsus"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "per"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: per",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: per"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruq",
            "2": "per"
          },
          "expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: per",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Megleno-Romanian: per"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruo",
            "2": "per"
          },
          "expansion": "Istro-Romanian: per",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Istro-Romanian: per"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "păr"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: păr",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: păr"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Dalmatian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "pail"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "pelo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: pelo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: pelo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "pilo"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: pilo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: pilo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "pilu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: pilu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: pilu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "pilu",
            "3": "piu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: pilu, piu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: pilu, piu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Italian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "egl",
            "2": "pèil",
            "3": "päil",
            "4": "pel"
          },
          "expansion": "Emilian: pèil, päil, pel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Emilian: pèil, päil, pel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "pèi"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: pèi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: pèi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lmo",
            "2": "pel",
            "3": "pil"
          },
          "expansion": "Lombard: pel, pil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lombard: pel, pil"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "pèil",
            "3": "pèi"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: pèil, pèi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: pèil, pèi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "pél",
            "3": "päil"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: pél, päil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: pél, päil"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "pêl"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: pêl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: pêl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "pail",
            "3": "peil",
            "4": "pel"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: pail, peil, pel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: pail, peil, pel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "péło"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetan: péło",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetan: péło"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "pêl"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: pêl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: pêl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "peil",
            "3": "poil"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: peil, poil",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: peil, poil"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "poil"
          },
          "expansion": "French: poil",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "pelage",
            "der": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ pelage",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "pelage",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: pelage",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: pelage"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nrf",
            "2": "pé"
          },
          "expansion": "Norman: pé",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norman: pé"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Occitano-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "pèl"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: pèl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: pèl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "pel"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: pel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: pel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Ibero-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "pelu",
            "3": "pelo"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: pelu, pelo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: pelu, pelo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "pelo",
            "qq": "/l/ likely kept by analogy with cabelo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: pelo (/l/ likely kept by analogy with cabelo)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: pelo (/l/ likely kept by analogy with cabelo)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "pelo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: pelo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: pelo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "pelo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: pelo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: pelo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "pelo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: pelo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: pelo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "pile",
            "bor": "1",
            "qq": "fine underfur of certain animals"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: pile (fine underfur of certain animals)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: pile (fine underfur of certain animals)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "io",
            "2": "pilo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Ido: pilo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Ido: pilo"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
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        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*pilo-",
        "t": "hair"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pilo- (“hair”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "pilleus",
        "t": "felt cap"
      },
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      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
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        "2": "πῖλος",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
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        "t": "felt"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *pьlstь (“felt”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Older sources reconstruct Proto-Indo-European *pilo- (“hair”), with Latin pilleus (“felt cap”), Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos, “wool or hair wrought into felt”), Proto-Slavic *pьlstь (“felt”) as cognates, but this is no longer accepted.",
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    {
      "form": "pilī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pilus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pilī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pilī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    }
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  ],
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        "1": "pilus<2>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "la:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hair."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) A hair."
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        {
          "word": "capillus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An insignificant amount; iota; least amount"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "iota",
          "iota"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) An insignificant amount; iota; least amount"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpi.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɪɫ̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpi.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpiːlus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Julius Pokorny",
    "fr:Jacques André"
  ],
  "word": "pilus"
}

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    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin masculine nouns",
    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin second declension nouns",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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    {
      "word": "prīmus pīlus"
    }
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "From pīlum (“javelin”).",
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    {
      "form": "pīlus",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pīlī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pīlus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "pīlus m (genitive pīlī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pīlus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A maniple of the triāriī; a reserve company of veteran soldiers."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "maniple",
          "maniple"
        ],
        [
          "triāriī",
          "triarii"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpiː.lus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpiːɫ̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpi.lus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpiːlus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "pīlum"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pilus"
}

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