pilum

pīlum ī, n

PIS-, a heavy javelin, pilum : sudis pila mittere, S.: (caput) adfixum gestari iussit in pilo: pilis missis hostium phalangem perfregerunt, Cs.: muralia pila (hurled from fortifications), Cs.: pila Horatii, a place in the forum where the arms of the Curiatii were set up , L., Pr.: vis certe pila, cohortes, etc., you wish at least for pomp , etc., Iu.