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|lshtext=<b>pīlus</b>: i, m. [[pilum]], [[regularly]] joined [[with]]<br /><b>I</b> [[primus]]: [[primus]] [[pilus]] (in the gen. written also as one [[word]], primipili), the [[division]] of the [[triarii]] in the Roman [[army]]: P. [[Sextius]] Baculus, primi pili [[centurio]], Caes. B. G. 3, 5; id. B. C. 1, 13: T. Balventius, qui superiore [[anno]] [[primum]] [[pilum]] duxerat, had been [[leader]], [[captain]] of the [[triarii]], id. B. G. 5, 35; Liv. 42, 34, 11: aliquem ad [[primum]] [[pilum]] transducere, to [[transfer]], [[advance]] to the [[triarii]], Caes. B. C. 3, 53, 5: primos pilos ademit, took the [[command]] of the [[triarii]], of the primipili, Suet. Calig. 44: [[vetus]] [[consuetudo]] tenuit, ut ex [[primo]] principe legionis promeretur [[centurio]] primi pili, qui non [[solum]] aquilae praeerat, [[verum]] [[etiam]] quatuor centurias in primā acie gubernabat, Veg. Mil. 2, 8.—Without [[primus]]: referes pili praemia, Mart. 6, 58, 10; 1, 32, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.: [[primipilus]] (in inscrr. also written PRIMOPIL, and abbrev. P. P.), the [[chief]] [[centurion]] of the [[triarii]] (the transf. arose from the [[circumstance]] [[that]] the [[chief]] [[centurion]] of this [[division]] [[was]] [[originally]] designated by the [[term]] primi pili, [[with]] the [[omission]] of the [[easily]] supplied [[centurio]], as is shown by the [[following]] [[citation]] from Liv. 7, 41, 5; [[soon]], [[however]], from primi pili, a [[new]] [[word]], [[primipilus]] or [[primopilus]], [[was]] formed): [[primus]] [[centurio]] erat, quem [[nunc]] primi pili appellant, Liv. 7, 41, 5; 8, 8, 16: primipilo P. Sext. Baculo vulneribus confecto, Caes. B. G. 2, 25: aquilarum altera vix convelli a primipilo potuit, Val. Max. 1, 6, 11; Inscr. (of the [[time]] of Trajan) Orell. 799: SEX. AVLIENO SEX. F. PRIMOPIL. II., Inscr. (of the [[time]] of [[Tiberius]] or Caligula) Orell. 3426 M. P.; cf. Becker, Antiq. 3, 3, p. 264.<br /><b>pĭlus</b>: i, m.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[hair]] (syn.: [[villus]], [[seta]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[capra]] pilos ministrat ad usum nauticum, Varr. R. R. 2, 11: munitae sunt palpebrae [[vallo]] pilorum, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143: caudae pilos equinae vellere, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 45: duris aspera crura pilis, Ov. A. A. 3, 194: [[contra]] [[pilum]] equum fricare, Pelag. Vet. 26: in capite homini [[plurimus]] [[pilus]], Plin. 11, 37, 47, § 130.—Prov.: non [[minus]] molestum est calvis [[quam]] comatis pilos velli, Sen. Tranq. An. 8, 2, 3: [[propius]] [[quidem]] est a [[sole]] [[mons]] [[quam]] [[campus]] aut [[valles]], sed sic, [[quomodo]] est [[pilus]] [[pilo]] crassior, Sen. Q. N. 4, 11, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Collect., [[hair]], the [[hair]]: fruticante [[pilo]] neglecta et squalida crura, Juv. 9, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> As a [[designation]] of [[insignificance]], a [[hair]], a [[trifle]]; [[usually]] joined [[with]] a [[negative]], not a [[hair]], not a [[bit]], not a [[whit]] ([[class]].): ego ne [[pilo]] [[quidem]] [[minus]] me amabo, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 5: [[interea]] e Cappadociā ne [[pilum]] [[quidem]], id. Att. 5, 20, 6: ne ullum [[pilum]] viri boni habere dicatur, has not a [[hair]] of a [[good]] [[man]] [[about]] him, id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20: non facit pili cohortem, does not [[value]] it a [[straw]], Cat. 10, 13; cf.: nec pili facit uni, cares not a [[pin]] [[about]] it, id. 17, 16.—In plur., a [[garment]] or [[fabric]] made of [[hair]]: [[vestitus]] pilis cameli, Vulg. Marc. 1, 6.

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