pileum

The upper part of the head, including frons, crown and occiput, is sometimes called the pileum.

Thysanodonta pileum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Calliostomatidae.

Names used for the papal tiara in the 8th and 9th centuries include camelaucum, pileus, phrygium and pileum phrygium.

She threw herself at him and clutched him, holding round his neck with one hand stroking his beard his hair his ears his pileum with the other.

In a special session, the Vienna city council forces Jews to wear Pileum cornutum (a cone-shaped headdress, prevalent in many medieval illustrations of Jews).

The male has the green pileum and fiery red throat, iridescent gorget with elongated lateral plumes, bluish upper-parts, and the rest of the underparts mostly greyish white.

Hence the phrase servos ad pileum vocare is a summons to liberty, by which slaves were frequently called upon to take up arms with a promise of liberty (Liv.

In 1088 it is mentioned as Castrum Pileum; according to a legend, the name would stem from the Latin pileum, the helmet of Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus.