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īle, is, and īlĕum, ei, and īlĭum, ii, n., usually plur. īlĭa, ĭum, n. (heterocl. dat. sing. ilio, in the pun with Ilio from Ilion, Poët. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 499; dat. plur. iliis, Cels. 4, 1 fin.), that part of the abdomen which extends from the lowest ribs to the pubes, the groin, flank.

  1. I. Lit., Ov. M. 3, 216; 12, 486; Verg. G. 3, 507; id. A. 7, 499; Hor. Epod. 3, 4: ilium vitia, Plin. 20, 5, 15, § 31: ducere ilia, to draw the flanks together, become broken-winded, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9; so, trahere, Plin. 26, 6, 15, § 29: rumpere ilia, to burst, Verg. E. 7, 26.
  2. II. Transf., the entrails of animals, Hor. S. 2, 8, 30; Mart. 10, 45, 4, Juv. 5, 136.
    1. B. The belly or body of a vessel, Juvenc. 2, 141.
    2. C. Sing., the private parts, Cat. 63, 5.

1. ĭlĭa, ĭum, v. ile.

2. Īlĭa, ae, f.,

  1. I. a poetical name of Rhea Silvia, daughter of Numitor and mother of Romulus and Remus, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 70 P. (Ann. v. 56 Vahl.); Verg. A. 1, 274; Ov. F. 2, 383; 598; Hor. C. 1, 2, 17; 3, 9, 8; 4, 8, 22.
  2. II. Deriv.: Īlĭădes, ae, m., son of Ilia.
    1. A. Adj.: Romulus Iliades Iliadesque Remus, Ov. Am. 3, 4, 40: pater, i. e. Romulus, id. F. 4, 23: fratres, i. e. Romulus and Remus, id. ib. 3, 62.
    2. B. Subst., i. e. Romulus, Ov. M. 14, 781 and 824.

Īlĭas, ădis, v. Ilium, II. E.

1. Īlĭum or Īlĭon, ĭi, n., = Ἴλιον,

  1. I. a poetical name for Troja, the city of Ilium, Troy, Verg. A. 1, 68; 5, 261; Hor. C. 1, 15, 33; Ov. M. 6, 95; 13, 408; Cic. Div. 1, 14, 24 et saep.
    Called also Īlĭos, i, f., acc. to the Gr. Ἴλιος, Hor. C. 4, 9, 18; id. Epod. 14, 14; Ov. A. A. 1, 363; id. M. 14, 467.
    Also a later Ilium, built upon the coast, Liv. 35, 43, 3; 37, 9, 7.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Īlĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Ilium, Ilian, Trojan: tellus, Verg. A. 9, 285: res, id. ib. 1, 268: matres, Hor. Epod. 17, 11: turmae, id. Carm. Sec. 37.
      Subst.: Īlĭi, ōrum, m., the Trojans, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 27.
    2. B. Īlĭăcus, a, um, adj., the same: orae, Verg. A. 2, 117: classis, id. ib. 5, 607: fata, id. ib. 3, 182: Penates, id. ib. 3, 603: cineres, id. ib. 2, 431: amores, i. e. Paris, Mart. 12, 52, 9: hospes Didus, i. e. Æneas, Sil. 8, 50: Vesta, worshipped at Troy, Ov. F. 6, 227; hence, Alba, where also Vesta was worshipped, Luc. 5, 400: carmen, i. e. Homer’s Iliad, Hor. A. P. 129; cf.: Macer, a poet who wrote on the Trojan war, Ov. P. 4, 16, 6: dextra, i. e. Ganymede’s, Stat. S. 4, 2, 11: mons, i. e. Phrygian marble, id. ib. 27: Iliacoque jugum memorabile remo, i. e. the promontory of Misenum, where Misenus, a follower of Æneas, was drowned, id. ib. 3, 5, 98: muri, i. e. of Rome, as founded by descendants of the Trojan Æneas, Sil. 10, 387; hence, also, cuspis, of the consul Flaminius, id. 5, 595.
      Prov.: Iliacos intra muros peccatur et extra, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 16.
    3. C. Īlĭenses, ium, m., inhabitants of Ilium, Ilians, Suet. Tib. 52; id. Claud. 25; id. Ner. 7.
    4. D. Īlĭădes, ae, m., the Trojan, i. e. Ganymede, Ov. M. 10, 160.
    5. E. Īlĭas, ădis, f.
      1. 1. The Trojan woman, i. e. Helen, Ov. Tr. 2, 371.
        In plur.: Īlĭădes, um, Trojan women or girls, Verg. A. 3, 65; 2, 580.
      2. 2. The celebrated epic poem that describes the Trojan war, the Iliad, Prop. 2, 34 (3, 32), 66; Ov. A. A. 3, 414.
        On account of its great extent, used fig. to represent a great quantity or number, an Iliad, a whole Iliad, Ov. P. 2, 7, 33; cf. written as Greek: tanta malorum impendet Ἰλιάς, Cic. Att. 8, 11, 3; and in plur.: tunc vero longas condimus Iliadas, Prop. 2, 1, 14.

2. ilium, v. ile.