ilium
/ˈɪlɪəm/ noun, proper noun
Forms ilia ilion
- noun (anatomy) The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone.
- noun (anatomy, obsolete) The ileum, part of the small intestine (in modern usage, misspelling of ileum).
- proper noun Troy.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īlium (“lower abdomen”), from īle (“flank”).
Borrowed from Latin Īlium, from Ancient Greek Ἴ̄λιον (Í̄lion). 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 Hittite 𒌑𒂊𒂖𒇻𒍑 (wellu-š, “pasture, meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *wólnus (“meadow, pasture”). Cognate with English wold. By surface analysis, Ili- + -um.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone.
Etymology [See Ileum.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “ilium”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details