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See also:Piluś

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinpilus(“hair”).Doublet ofpile.

Noun

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pilus (pluralpili)

  1. Ahair.
  2. (microbiology) Ahairlikeappendage found on the cell surface of manybacteria.
  3. (biochemistry) Abacterialprotein that has several biochemical functions.

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Dutch

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Noun

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pilus m (pluralpili)

  1. pilus(bacterial appendage)

Estonian

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Noun

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pilus

  1. inessivesingular ofpilu

Latin

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Etymology 1

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Uncertain. Older sources reconstructProto-Indo-European*pilo-(“hair”), withLatinpilleus(“felt cap”),Ancient Greekπῖλος(pîlos,“wool or hair wrought into felt”),Proto-Slavic*pьlstь(“felt”) as cognates,[1][2] but this is no longer accepted.[3][4][5]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pilus m (genitivepilī);second declension

  1. (anatomy) Ahair.
    Synonym:capillus
  2. (figuratively) An insignificant amount;iota; least amount
Declension
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Second-declension noun.

singularplural
nominativepiluspilī
genitivepilīpilōrum
dativepilōpilīs
accusativepilumpilōs
ablativepilōpilīs
vocativepilepilī
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^Walde, Alois (1927)Julius Pokorny, editor,Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume II, Berlin: de Gruyter,page71
  2. ^Pokorny, Julius (1959)Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag,page830
  3. ^Walde, Alois,Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “pilus”, inLateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter,pages304–305
  4. ^Ernout, Alfred,Meillet, Antoine (1985) “pilus”, inDictionnaire étymologique de la langue latine: histoire des mots (in French), 4th edition, with additions and corrections ofJacques André, Paris: Klincksieck, published2001, page507b
  5. ^De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “pilus”, inEtymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN,page465

Etymology 2

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Frompīlum(“javelin”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pīlus m (genitivepīlī);second declension

  1. Amaniple of thetriāriī; a reserve company of veteran soldiers.
Declension
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Second-declension noun.

singularplural
nominativepīluspīlī
genitivepīlīpīlōrum
dativepīlōpīlīs
accusativepīlumpīlōs
ablativepīlōpīlīs
vocativepīlepīlī
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • “pilus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pilus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "pilus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pilus inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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