From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [en], a form of [la].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[pilei]
1. [en] The cap of a mushroom .
2. * [en]
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1994 | author=Barry H. Rumack; David G. Spoerke | title=Handbook of Mushroom Poisoning: Diagnosis and Treatment | publisher=CRC Press | isbn=9780849301940 | page=75
|passage=One must check the size and shape of the PILEUS as well as its color.
Many weird and unexpected shapes are found in the mushroom kingdom.}}
1. The bell of a jellyfish .
2. [en] A small thin cloud attached to a cumulus cloud.
3. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2011 | author=Gavin Pretor-Pinney | title=The Cloud Collector's Handbook | publisher=Hachette UK | isbn=9781444744620
|passage=The most short-lived of all the accessory clouds, PILEUS is also the
most beautiful.}}
1. [en] A conical felt hat worn in Ancient Rome and Greece.
2. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1859 | editor=William Smith | title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities | pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=r27CSxgRXYYC&dq=%22pileus%22%20crown&pg=PA920#v=onepage&q=%22pileus%22%20crown&f=false | page=920
|passage=Among the Romans the cap of felt was the emblem of liberty. When a
slave obtained his freedom he had his head shaved, and wore instead of his
hair an undyed PILEUS.}}
1. The top of the head of a bird, from the bill to the nape .
**** Related terms
{{col|en |pileated }}
**** Translations
[the cap of a mushroom]
- Basque: [eu]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] , [is]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
[small cloud]
- Catalan: [ca]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[felt hat worn in ancient Rome and Greece]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Czech: [cs]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Ancient Greek: [grc]
- Italian: [it]
- Korean: [ko]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
*** Further reading
- [pileus (meteorology)]
- [pileus (hat)]
- [pileus (mycology)]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Latin
*** Pronunciation
- [pīleus]
*** Noun
[pīleus <2>]
1. [la]
**** Declension
[pīleus <2>]
**** Descendants
- [it]
- [es]
*** References
- [pīlĕus (pill-)]