adverb
pīlātim
Meaning
- pillar-wise
Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879
pīlātim, adv. 2. pila,
I. pillar-wise, with pillars.
II. Transf., in milit. lang., in close bodies, in solid columns: sive pilatim, sive passim iter facere volebat, Asellio ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 12, 121: pilatim exercitum duxi, Scaur. ib.; cf. 1. pilo, and, under it, pilatus.