{"def":{"lit":"armed with a spear","short":"close-pressed, i.e., firm; Pilatus, a Roman","long":["the sixth Roman procurator of Judah and Samaria who ordered Christ to be crucified"]},"deriv":"of Latin origin","pronun":{"ipa":"piˈlɑ.tos","ipa_mod":"piˈlɑ.tows","sbl":"pilatos","dic":"pee-LA-tose","dic_mod":"pee-LA-tose"}}