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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Cicero|origins=la prīmus, la pīlus}}
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''prīmipīlus''' ''m'' (genitive prīmipīlī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
+ Also ''prīmōpīlus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[prīmus]] “first” and [[pīlus]] “maniple of the triarii”, related to [[pīlum]] “javelin”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's earliest source is Cicero.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It was the senior centurion of a legion, commanding the first century of the first maniple of the first cohort.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ British Medieval Latin took it, from ⟨pĭlus⟩ “hair”, as one whose beard has just begun to grow.^(DMLBS) French ''primipile'' is a learned borrowing.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # The senior [[m|en|centurion]] of a legion.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[prīmipīlāris]]
+ * [[primipilarius]]
+ * [[primipilatus]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[prīmus]]
+ * [[pīlus]]
+ * [[pīlum]]
+ * [[centuriō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}