illaei

Latin

Alternative forms

• illei

Etymology

From illī (same meaning but unspecified for gender) with input from the dative -ae (first-declension and so generally feminine).

Pronoun

illaei f (masculine illui) (nonstandard)

1. her (dative singular feminine)
   • Early 2nd c. AD, private correspondence of Terentianus

     ...cụ[lcit]as quas illei [a]ttuli...

     ...the cushions that I brought her...

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: ljei
  • Romanian: ei, -ei
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: lei
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: lyé
  • Old French: li, lei
  • Old Occitan: lei

References

• Adams, J. N. (2013) Social Variation and the Latin Language, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 461