pilleus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the same Proto-Indo-European source as Proto-Slavic *pьlstь (“felt”), Old High German filz, Ancient Greek πῖλος (pîlos, “felt”), Albanian plis (“felt”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpil.le.us/, [ˈpɪlːʲeʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpil.le.us/, [ˈpilːeus]
Noun
[edit]pilleus m (genitive pilleī); second declension
- a felt cap worn at the Saturnalia, and given to freed slaves
- (figuratively) liberty, freedom
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pilleus | pilleī |
| genitive | pilleī | pilleōrum |
| dative | pilleō | pilleīs |
| accusative | pilleum | pilleōs |
| ablative | pilleō | pilleīs |
| vocative | pillee | pilleī |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “pilleus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pilleus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pilleus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- pilleus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “pilleus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “pilleus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin