pilleos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →pilleus, pillei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
felt cap (worn at Saturnalia/by manumited slaves); freedom/liberty; beret;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
- M
IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...vinculis exsolverat, memoriae tradidere maiores insigni receptae libertatis pilleo testantem in triumpho ducis esse conspectum. et ille quidem..." - T
Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...haudquaquam spernendus auctor, tradit.— secutus Scipionem triumphantem est pilleo capiti imposito Q. Terentius Culleo, omnique deinde uita..."