closepressed

pīlo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a., = pileô, 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.

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.).—

Trop.: sententia praesto pectore pilata, Hostius ap. Serv. Verg. A. 12, 121 (id est fixa, Serv.).

pĭlo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [1. pilus].

Neutr., to put forth hairs, to grow hairy: pilat pilos habere incipit, ahas pro detrahit pilos, a quo depilati, Paul. ex Fest. p. 204 Müll.:

pilare dictum est, ut plumare, pilis vestiri,

Non. 39, 25:

corpus meum nunc pilare primum coepit,

Afran. 39, 27; Nov. 39, 28.—

Act. (cf. psiloô).

Lit., to deprive of hair, make bald, depilate:

nates,

Mart. 6, 56, 4:

uxores,

id. 12, 32, 33.—

Transf., to plunder, pillage (very rare, and not ante-Aug.;

whereas compilare is class.): castra inimica,

Amm. 31, 2, 8:

villas,

id. 31, 5, 8:

pilati caesique,

id. 14, 2, 3:

malam parram pilavit,

Petr. 43, 4 dub.

πῑλ-ώδης, ες,

A like felt: closepressed, Ptol.Judic.p.25 B. ([comp] Comp.).