pilum 的定义
plural pi·la [pahy-luh]. /ˈpaɪ lə/.
- a javelin used in ancient Rome by legionaries, consisting of a three-foot-long shaft with an iron head of the same length.
更多pilum例句
- The pilum is a stout wooden shaft 41 feet long, with an iron spit about three feet long fixed in it.
- (Turning to Ftatateeta) Come within a yard of me, you old crocodile; and I will give you this (the pilum) in your jaws.
- As for you, Apollodorus, you may thank the gods that you are not nailed to the palace door with a pilum for your meddling.
- The pilum was sometimes used at close quarters, but more commonly it was thrown.
- Pilum, pī′lum, n. the heavy javelin used by Roman foot-soldiers:—pl.