pilus

See also: Piluś

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pilus (“hair”)

Noun

pilus (plural pili)

A hair.
(microbiology) A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria.
(biochemistry) A bacterial protein that has several biochemical functions

Synonyms

(hairlike appendage): fimbria

See also

flagellum
pilus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Pulis, pulis, pusil

Dutch

Noun

pilus m (plural pili)

pilus (bacterial appendage)

Latin

Etymology 1

From the Proto-Indo-European *pil- (“one string of hair”).[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.lus/, [ˈpɪ.ɫʊs]

Noun

pilus m (genitive pilī); second declension

(anatomy) A hair.
(figuratively) An insignificant amount; iota; least amount

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pilus	pilī
Genitive	pilī	pilōrum
Dative	pilō	pilīs
Accusative	pilum	pilōs
Ablative	pilō	pilīs
Vocative	pile	pilī

Derived terms

Descendants

Aromanian: per
Asturian: pelu, pelo
Catalan: pèl
Dalmatian: pail
French: poil
Friulian: pêl
Galician: pelo
Ido: pilo
Istro-Romanian: per
Italian: pelo

Norman: pé
Occitan: peu, pel
Portuguese: pelo
Romanian: păr
Romansch: pail, peil, pel
Sardinian: pilu, piu
Sicilian: pilu, pila
Spanish: pelo
Venetian: péło

Etymology 2

From pīlum (“javelin”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.lus/, [ˈpiː.ɫʊs]

Noun

pīlus m (genitive pīlī); second declension

A maniple of the triāriī; a reserve company of veteran soldiers.

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pīlus	pīlī
Genitive	pīlī	pīlōrum
Dative	pīlō	pīlīs
Accusative	pīlum	pīlōs
Ablative	pīlō	pīlīs
Vocative	pīle	pīlī

Synonyms

pīlum

Derived terms

prīmus pīlus

References

pilus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
pilus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
pilus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
pilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Nostratic Etymology 867.

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