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Etymology

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Of Anatolian origin. 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 Ancient Greek Ἴλουζα (Ílouza, Beycesultan), which may be directly borrowed from it.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ῑ̓́λῐον (Ī́lionn (genitive Ῑ̓λῐ́ου); second declension

  1. Ilium, Troy
    Synonyms: Ῑ̓́λῐος (Ī́lios), Τροίᾱ (Troíā)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Ίλιο (Ílio)
  • Latin: Īlium

References

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  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 588