antĕ-pīlānus
antĕ-pīlānus, i, m. In milit. lang. The soldiers who fought before the pilani, i. e. the hastati and the principes, Liv. 8, 8.— In Ammianus, = antesignanus, one who fought before the standards, 16, 12, 20. — Trop., a competitor, a rival, Amm. 28, 1.