different between pilum vs hilum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pilum

Noun

pilum (plural pila or pilums)

1. (historical) A Roman military javelin.
   • 1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Penguin 2000, p. 21:

     Besides a lighter spear, the Roman legionary grasped in his right hand the formidable pilum, a ponderous javelin whose utmost length was about six feet and which was terminated by a massy triangular point of steel of about eighteen inches.

   • 2011, Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London, Gollancz 2011, p. 371:

     Verica plucked a pilum from the hands of the nearest legionary – the soldier didn't react – and handed it to me.

2. (botany) The columella on the surface of a pollen grain

Translations

References

• pilum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European *pis-tlo-, from *peys- (“to crush”). See pistillum and p?la.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pi?.lum/, [?pi??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pi.lum/, [?pi?lum]

Noun

p?lum n (genitive p?l?); second declension

1. a pounder, pestle
2. a javelin, throwing spear

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Related terms

• p?ns?

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

pilum

1. accusative singular of pilus (“hair”)

References

• pilum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pilum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pilum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• pilum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pilum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Alternative forms

• hilus

Etymology

From Latin h?lum (“a trifle; a spot on a seed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ha?.l?m/
• Hyphenation: hi?lum

Noun

hilum (plural hila)

1. (botany) The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support.
2. (botany) The nucleus of a starch grain.
3. (anatomy) A depression or fissure through which ducts, nerves, or blood vessels enter and leave a gland or organ; a porta.

Synonyms

• (fissure): porta

Related terms

• hilar

Translations

Further reading

• Hilum (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hilum (anatomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

Unknown, possibly Semitic source.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?hi?.lum/, [?hi??????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?i.lum/, [?i?lum]

Noun

h?lum n (genitive h?l?); second declension

1. trifle
2. (in the negative) not a whit, not in the least

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Descendants

• Catalan: hílum
• English: hilum, hilus
• French: hile
• German: Hilum
• Italian: ilo
• Portuguese: hilo
• Spanish: hilio

References

• hilum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hilum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hilum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• hilum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• hilum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016