pile (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A heap or massII. Funeral pile1. rŏgus to raise a funeral p., r. exstruere, Cic. Fin. 3, extr.2. py̆ra (Gk. πυρά rare and only poet.)III. A massive edificeIV. A timber driven into the ground, to form a support for buildingV. Only in pl., pilesVI. The nap of cloth • pile (subs.): I. A heap or mass: ăcervus, cŭmŭlus, strues: v. heap. A p. of arms, congĕries armorum, Tac. A 2, 22. II. Funeral pile: 1. rŏgus to raise a funeral p., r. exstruere, Cic. Fin. 3, extr.: to place any one's corps on the funeral p., aliquem in rogum imponere, id. Tusc. 1. 35, 85; inferre, id N. D. 3, 35, init.: to mount the p. ascendere in r., id. Div. 1, 23., 47. 2. py̆ra (Gk. πυρά rare and only poet.): Virg. Aen. 6, 215. Ov. III. A massive edifice: mōles, is, f.: princely p.s, regiae m., Hor. Od. 2, 15, init.: Cic. IV. A timber driven into the ground, to form a support for building: sublĭca: Caes. B. G. 4, 17 (of a bridge) Liv. 23, 37. Hence, pons sublicius the pile bridge, Liv. 1, 33: Plin. V. Only in pl., piles: v. hemorrhoids. VI. The nap of cloth: perh. villus v. nap (I.).