From en.wiktionary.org:
[Piluś]
** English
*** Etymology
Borrowed from [en]. [en].
*** Pronunciation
[en]
*** Noun
[pili]
1. [en] A hair .
2. [en] A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria .
3. [en] A bacterial protein that has several biochemical functions.
**** Synonyms
- [hairlike appendage] [en]
**** See also
- [en]
- [pedia]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** Dutch
*** Noun
[m]
1. [en] [bacterial appendage]
** Estonian
*** Noun
[et]
1. [et]
** Latin
*** Etymology 1
[lang=la] [la]. Older sources reconstruct [ine-pro], with [la], [grc],
[sla-pro] as cognates,[1][2] but this is no longer accepted.[3][4][5]
**** Pronunciation
- [la-IPA]
**** Noun
[pilus <2>]
1. [la] A hair .
2. [la] An insignificant amount; iota ; least amount
***** Declension
[pilus <2>]
***** Derived terms
{{col|la |pila |pilleus |pilō |pilōsus |dēpilātus }}
***** Descendants
[top3]
- Balkan Romance:
- [rup]
- [ruq]
- [ruo]
- [ro]
- Dalmatian:
- [dlm]
- Italo-Romance:
- [it]
- [nap]
- [scn]
- Insular Romance:
- [sc]
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Italic:
- [egl]
- [lij]
- [lmo]
- [pms]
- [rgn]
- [fur]
- [rm]
- [vec]
- Gallo-Romance:
- [frp]
- [fro]
- [fr] [fr]
- [en]
- [nrf]
- Occitano-Romance:
- [ca]
- [oc]
- Ibero-Romance:
- [ast]
- [roa-opt]
- [gl]
- [pt]
- [es]
- Borrowings:
- [en]
- [io]
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**** References
References:
[1]. [vol=II]
[2]. [page=830]
[3]. [vol=II]
[4]. [page=507b]
[5]. [page=465]
*** Etymology 2
From [la].
**** Pronunciation
- [pīlus]
**** Noun
[pīlus <2>]
1. A maniple of the triāriī ; a reserve company of veteran soldiers.
***** Declension
[pīlus <2>]
***** Synonyms
- [la]
***** Derived terms
- [la]
*** Further reading
- [R:L&S]
- [R:Elementary Lewis]
- [R:du Cange]
- [R:Gaffiot]