pilum
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Etymology
Origin of pilum
From the Latin word pīlum dart, javelin
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Archaeologists say the hiding of the swords and pilum in the cave suggests that the weapons were taken by Judean rebels from Roman soldiers as booty or from the battlefield.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2023
The rare find included a shafted Roman "pilum" spear.
From Reuters ● Sep. 6, 2023
While on the upper level of the cave, Dr Gayer spotted an extremely well-preserved Roman pilum, or javelin, in a deep, narrow crevice.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2023
The Holy Lance, or Spear of Destiny, was the iron pilum used by the Roman legionnaire Longinus to pierce Christ’s side as he hung on the cross, to see if he had died.
From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2016
Then he noticed the marks engraved in the wooden shaft of the pilum: cht i legio xii f.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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
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 Osborne, Duffield
"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 The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno
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 Herbert, Henry William
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