alipilus

== Latin == === Etymology === From āla (“armpit”) + pilō (“remove hair”) + -us (agentive). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aːˈlɪ.pɪ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈliː.pi.lus] === Noun === ālipilus m (genitive ālipilī); second declension a slave charged with depilating the armpits of clients in Roman public baths ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === “alipilus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “alipilus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.