pili

pili is a Latin form of pilus, meaning “hair; (primus pilus) chief centurion”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun or nominative plural masculine noun.

It can also be a form of Philus, “Philus (L. Furius Philus, friend of Scipio); (Philo) Philo”.

Found 34 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 3.5.2: P. Sextius Baculus, primi pili centurio, quem Nervico proelio compluribus confectum vulneribus diximus, et item C. Volusenus, tribunus milit …

Cicero, Letters to Brutus 2.5.3: … ROCOS. Magna admiratio, ut si esset recitatum DOLABELLA IMPERATOR; a quo quidem venerant tabellarii, sed nemo Pili similis qui proferre litteras auderet aut magistratibus reddere. tuae recitantur breves illae quidem sed in A …

All forms of pilus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.