īle
Meaning
- in pluralthe part of the abdomen extending from the lowest ribs to the pubes; the groin, flank
- in pluralintestines, guts, entrails
- in pluralthe belly or body of a vessel
- singularprivate parts, genitals
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Caro · Pulpa · Viscera · Exta · Intestina · Ilia
1. Caro means flesh in its general sense, as a material substance, in opp. to fat, nerves, muscles, and so forth; pulpa, especially, eatable and savory flesh, in opp. to bones; viscera, all flesh, and every fleshy substance between the skin and the bones. 2. Viscera, in a narrower sense, means generally, the inner parts of the body; whereas exta means the inner parts of the upper part of the body, as the heart, lungs, and so forth; intestina, interanea, and ilia, the inner parts of the lower part of the body, namely, the entrails; and indeed intestina, and, in the age after Augustus, interanea, meant the guts as digestive organs; ilia, all that is contained in the lower part of the body, and particularly those parts that are serviceable. (v. 145.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | īle | īlia |
| genitive | īlis | īlium |
| dative | īlī | īlibus |
| accusative | īle | īlia |
| ablative | īlī | īlibus |
| vocative | īle | īlia |
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.—Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Origins
Most likely from Ancient Greek εἰλεός (eileós, “colic”), from εἰλέω (eiléō, “throng, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“turn, wind, round”), same source as with Old Armenian գելում (gelum).
- Portugueseilhargafrom Vulgar Latin *iliarica
- Spanishijarfrom Vulgar Latin *iliaris
- Spanishijalfrom Vulgar Latin *iliaris
- Portugueseilhalfrom Vulgar Latin *iliaris
- Sardinianiğğárefrom Vulgar Latin *iliaris
- Sardinianillárifrom Vulgar Latin *iliaris
- Catalanilladafrom Vulgar Latin *iliata
- Spanishijadafrom Vulgar Latin *iliata
- Frenchjadefrom Vulgar Latin *iliata
- Catalanjadefrom Vulgar Latin *iliata
- Romanianie