Meaning of pila | Babel Free

Definitions

1. mortar (used with a pestle)
   declension-1
2. pillar
   declension-1
3. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pīlum
   accusative, form-of, nominative, plural, vocative
4. ball
   declension-1, feminine
5. pier
   declension-1
6. a game of ball
   declension-1, feminine, figuratively
7. globe, sphere
   declension-1, feminine

Equivalents

Examples

“Persequi singulos longum est quorum aut latrunculi aut pila aut excoquendi in sole corporis cura consumpsere vitam.”

It would be tedious to mention all the different men who have spent the whole of their life over chess or ball or the practice of baking their bodies in the sun.

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