Ἴλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of Anatolian origin. Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey suggests that the name Ἴλιον (Ilion) formerly began with a digamma: Ϝίλιον (Wílion). Compare Hittite 𒃾𒇻𒊭 (Wi-lu-ša, “Wilusa”), usually identified with Troy, and Ancient Greek Ἴλουζα (Ílouza, “Beycesultan”), which may be directly borrowed from it.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǐː.li.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.on/

Proper noun

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

Ilium, Troy
Synonyms: Ῑ̓́λῐος (Ī́lios), Τροίᾱ (Troíā)

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.

Derived terms

Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́ς (Īliás)
Ῑ̓́λῐος (Ī́lios)

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, →ISBN, page 588