ilium
English
editAlternative forms
edit- ilion (4th to 7th centuries)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Latin īlium (“lower abdomen”), from īle (“flank”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editilium (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
editIn 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
editDerived terms
editTranslations
editbone
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French
editNoun
editilium m (plural iliums)
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈiː.li.um/, [ˈiːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈi.li.um/, [ˈiːlium]
Etymology 1
editBack-formation from īlia, plural of īle.
Noun
editīlium n (genitive īliī or īlī); second declension
- Alternative form of īle.
Inflection
editSecond-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
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editīlium 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
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