Latin

Noun

pilleus m ‎(genitive pilleī); second declension

1. a felt cap worn at the Saturnalia, and given to freed slaves
2. (hence) liberty, freedom

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• pilleus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pilleus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PILLEUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pilleus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• pilleus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pilleus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin