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noun · masculinesecond declension

ālipilus

ālipilus m (genitive ālipilī)
Classical[aːˈlɪ.pɪ.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[aˈliː.pi.lus]

Meaning

  1. a slave charged with depilating the armpits of clients in Roman public baths

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeālipilusālipilī
genitiveālipilīālipilōrum
dativeālipilōālipilīs
accusativeālipilumālipilōs
ablativeālipilōālipilīs
vocativeālipileālipilī

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

ālĭpĭlus, i, m. ala- 1. pilus,
I. a slave who plucked the hair from the armpits of the bathers (cf. ala, II.): alipilum cogita tenuem et stridulam vocem, Sen. Ep. 56, 2: M. OCTAVIVS PRIMIGENIVS ALIPILVS A TRITONE, Inscr. Grut. 812, 6 (cf. Inscr. Orell. 4302).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-?
  2. Latinālipilus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axis Latin *axla Latin āla Latin pilō Latin -us Latin ālipilus From āla (“armpit”) + pilō (“remove hair”) + -us (agentive).

Quick answers

What does ālipilus mean in Latin?
ālipilus, a noun, means “a slave charged with depilating the armpits of clients in Roman public baths”.
What is the genitive of ālipilus?
The genitive singular is ālipilī. ālipilus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce ālipilus?
In classical Latin, [aːˈlɪ.pɪ.ɫʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈliː.pi.lus].
Where does ālipilus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? → Latin ālipilus.