ilium
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- ilion (4th to 7th centuries)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin īlium (“lower abdomen”), from īle (“flank”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ilium (plural ilia)
- (anatomy) The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone and pelvis.
- (anatomy, obsolete) The ileum, part of the small intestine (in modern usage, misspelling of ileum.).
Usage notes edit
In modern usage, ilium always refers to the bones of the hip and pelvis while ileum always refers to the part of the small intestine. To remember the different spellings, one mnemonic is that there is an -i- in the middle of both ilium and hip; another is that ileus affects the ileum, and both have an -e-.
Or the two -i- in ilium look like bones and the -e- in ileum is squiggly like an intestine.
Coordinate terms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
bone
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French edit
Noun edit
ilium m (plural iliums)
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈiː.li.um/, [ˈiːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.li.um/, [ˈiːlium]
Etymology 1 edit
Back-formation from īlia, plural of īle.
Noun edit
īlium n (genitive īliī or īlī); second declension
- Alternative form of īle.
Inflection edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | īlium | īlia |
Genitive | īliī īlī1 |
īliōrum |
Dative | īliō | īliīs |
Accusative | īlium | īlia |
Ablative | īliō | īliīs |
Vocative | īlium | īlia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- → English: ilium
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun edit
īlium n
References edit
- “ilium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ilium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ilium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ilium”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “ilium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ilium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly