Ἴλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of Anatolian origin. Compare Hittite 𒃾𒇻𒊭 (Wi-lu-ša, “Wilusa”), usually identified with Troy.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ῑ̓́λῐον • (Ī́lion) n (genitive Ῑ̓λῐ́ου); second declension

  1. Ilium; Troy; Truvas, Turkey

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ Ῑ̓́λῐον; τοῦ Ῑ̓λῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative τὸ Ῑ̓́λῐον
tò Ī́lion
Genitive τοῦ Ῑ̓λῐ́ου
toû Īlíou
Dative τῷ Ῑ̓λῐ́ῳ
tôi Īlíōi
Accusative τὸ Ῑ̓́λῐον
tò Ī́lion
Vocative Ῑ̓́λῐον
Ī́lion
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: Ίλιο (Ílio)
  • Latin: Īlium

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, 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, page 588
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