Ilium

See also: ilium and -ilium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Īlium, from Ancient Greek Ἴ̄λιον (Í̄lion). Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey suggests that the name Ἴλιον (Ílion) formerly began with a digamma: Ϝίλιον (Wílion). Compare Hittite 𒃾𒇻𒊭 (Wi-lu-ša, “Wilusa”), usually identified with Troy, and Hittite 𒌑𒂊𒂖𒇻𒍑 (wellu-š, “pasture, meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *wólnus (“meadow, pasture”). Cognate with English wold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪli.əm/

Proper noun

Ilium

1. Troy

Related terms

• Iliad
• Wilusa

Translations

Troy — see also Troy

• Armenian: Իլիոն (hy) (Ilion)
• Asturian: Ilión m
• Basque: Ilion
• Belarusian: І́ліян m (Ílijan)
• Bulgarian: Илио́н m (Ilión)
• Danish: Illion
• Galician: Ilión m
• Greek: Ίλιον (el) n (Ílion)

  Ancient: Ἴλιον n (Ílion), Ἴλιος f (Ílios)

• Icelandic: Ilíon, Ilíum
• Italian: Ilio m
• Japanese: イリオス (Iriosu)
• Korean: 일리룸 (illirum)
• Latin: Ilium n, Illion n
• Russian: Илион (ru) m (Ilion)
• Serbo-Croatian: Ilij (sh) m
• Sicilian: Iliu m or f
• Spanish: Ilión m
• Ukrainian: Іліон m (Ilion)