pilum
noun
a javelin used in ancient Rome by legionaries, consisting of a three-foot-long shaft with an iron head of the same length.
pila
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pluralof pilum.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She gathered her pila and got ready for her long trek home.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2022
Kahit Gaano ka pa kayaman o ka elegante sira ang beauty dahil pagpunta mo Lang sa mall pila ka na.
From Time ● Aug. 7, 2013
Order was restored very rapidly; for a pacific party had been rallying around Fulvius Flaccus, and their efforts, added to the advance of the levelled pila of the cohort, were almost instantly successful.
From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 by Henry William Herbert
They were the glittering points of Roman pila descending upon the foe—pila driven by the hands that mouldered amid the red mire of Cannae.
From The Lion's Brood by Duffield Osborne
This instrument, Des Cartes and others, have made use of, to account for the natural cause and generation of wind; and hence its name, Aeolipile, pila Aeoli, Aeolus's ball.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 385, August 15, 1829 by Various
