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pilum
[ pahy-luhm ]
noun
, plural pi·la [pahy, -l, uh].
- a javelin used in ancient Rome by legionaries, consisting of a three-foot-long shaft with an iron head of the same length.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pilum1
From the Latin word pīlum dart, javelin
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Example Sentences
The pilum is a stout wooden shaft 41 feet long, with an iron spit about three feet long fixed in it.
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(Turning to Ftatateeta) Come within a yard of me, you old crocodile; and I will give you this (the pilum) in your jaws.
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As for you, Apollodorus, you may thank the gods that you are not nailed to the palace door with a pilum for your meddling.
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The pilum was sometimes used at close quarters, but more commonly it was thrown.
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Pilum, pī′lum, n. the heavy javelin used by Roman foot-soldiers:—pl.
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