Lewis & Short

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1. pīlātus, a, um, Part. and P. a., v. 1. pilo.

2. pīlātus, a, um, adj. [pilum], armed with javelins: agmina, Verg. A. 12, 121: cohors, Mart. 10, 48, 2.

3. Pīlātus, i, m., a Roman surname; esp., Pontius Pilatus, a Roman governor of Judœa, in the time of Jesus, Vulg. Matt. 27, 2 et saep.; Sedul. 5, 116.

1. pīlo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., = πιλέω, qs. to ram down; hence, in gen., to thrust home (ante-class. and rare): hastam pilans prae pondere frangit, Host. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 121 (pilans id est figens, Serv.).
Hence, pīlātus, a, um, P. a., closepressed, thick, dense = densus, pressus.

  1. A. Lit.: pilatum (agmen), quod sine jumentis incedit, sed inter se densum est, quo facilius per iniquiora loca tramittatur, Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 121: inde loci liquidas pilatasque aetheris oras Contemplor, Enn. ib. (firmas et stabiles significat et quasi pilis fultas, Serv.; cf. Enn. p. 155 Vahl.).
  2. B. Trop.: sententia praesto pectore pilata, Hostius ap. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 121 (id est fixa, Serv.).