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
"Where," Albano went on asking, "is the old Lake of Curtius, the Rostrum, the pila Horatia, the Temple of Vesta, of Venus, and of all those solitary columns?"
From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul
Yes," he said in closing, while every scarred and tattered veteran laughed at the jest, "only thrust your pila in the faces of those brave cavaliers.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by William Stearns Davis
Cortius and Gerlach have sudes, pila praeterea picem sulphure et taedâ mixtam ardentia mittere: but it can scarcely be believed that Sallust wrote picem—taedâ mixtam.
From Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by John Selby Watson
