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1 ante-pīlānus
ante-pīlānus ī, m a soldier of the first two ranks, in front of the triarii, L. -
2 antepilanus
antĕ-pīlānus, i, m.I.In milit. lang.A.The soldiers who fought before the pilani, i. e. the hastati and the principes, Liv. 8, 8.—B.In Ammianus, = antesignanus, one who fought before the standards, 16, 12, 20. —II.Trop., a competitor, a rival, Amm. 28, 1.
См. также в других словарях:
PILANI — in exercitu Romano dicti sunt, qui alias Velites, erantque militum natu minimi. Eorum arma gladius, parma, Pila; adornabantur praeterea et simplici casside, cui lupi pellis imposita aut eiusmodialiquid, quod integumentum pariter insignaque erat,… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
