"Ἴλιον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Ἴλιον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ǐː.li.on/, /ˈi.li.on/, /ˈi.li.on/, /ǐː.li.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈi.li.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈi.li.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈi.li.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈi.li.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Of Anatolian origin. 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 Ancient Greek Ἴλουζα (Ílouza, “Beycesultan”), which may be directly borrowed from it. Etymology templates: {{der|grc|ine-ana|-}} Anatolian, {{cog|hit|𒃾𒇻𒊭||Wilusa|tr=Wi-lu-ša}} Hittite 𒃾𒇻𒊭 (Wi-lu-ša, “Wilusa”), {{m+|grc|Ἴλουζα||Beycesultan}} Ancient Greek Ἴλουζα (Ílouza, “Beycesultan”) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Ῑ̓λῐ́ου|n|second|head=Ῑ̓́λῐον}} Ῑ̓́λῐον • (Ī́lĭon) n (genitive Ῑ̓λῐ́ου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Ῑ̓́λῐον|ου|form=sing}} Forms: Ῑ̓́λῐον [canonical], Ī́lĭon [romanization], Ῑ̓λῐ́ου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ Ῑ̓́λῐον [nominative, singular], τοῦ Ῑ̓λῐ́ου [genitive, singular], τῷ Ῑ̓λῐ́ῳ [dative, singular], τὸ Ῑ̓́λῐον [accusative, singular], Ῑ̓́λῐον [singular, vocative]
  1. Ilium, Troy Wikipedia link: Beycesultan, Ilion (disambiguation), Wilusa Synonyms: Ῑ̓́λῐος, Τροίᾱ Derived forms: Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́ς (Īlĭắs), Ῑ̓́λῐος (Ī́lĭos) Related terms: Ἶλος (Îlos)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "Ίλιο"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: Ίλιο (Ílio)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: Ίλιο (Ílio)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Īlium"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: Īlium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: Īlium"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-ana",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Anatolian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒃾𒇻𒊭",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Wilusa",
        "tr": "Wi-lu-ša"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒃾𒇻𒊭 (Wi-lu-ša, “Wilusa”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Ἴλουζα",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Beycesultan"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἴλουζα (Ílouza, “Beycesultan”)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of Anatolian origin. 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 Ancient Greek Ἴλουζα (Ílouza, “Beycesultan”), which may be directly borrowed from it.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ῑ̓́λῐον",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ī́lĭon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ῑ̓λῐ́ου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ Ῑ̓́λῐον",
      "roman": "tò Ī́lĭon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ Ῑ̓λῐ́ου",
      "roman": "toû Īlĭ́ou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ Ῑ̓λῐ́ῳ",
      "roman": "tôi Īlĭ́ōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ Ῑ̓́λῐον",
      "roman": "tò Ī́lĭon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ῑ̓́λῐον",
      "roman": "Ī́lĭon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ῑ̓λῐ́ου",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "second",
        "head": "Ῑ̓́λῐον"
      },
      "expansion": "Ῑ̓́λῐον • (Ī́lĭon) n (genitive Ῑ̓λῐ́ου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ῑ̓́λῐον",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "sing"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek neuter proper nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Cities",
          "orig": "grc:Cities",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "Īlĭắs",
          "word": "Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́ς"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Ī́lĭos",
          "word": "Ῑ̓́λῐος"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ilium, Troy"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ἴλιον-grc-name-pwCdKSky",
      "links": [
        [
          "Ilium",
          "Ilium"
        ],
        [
          "Troy",
          "Troy"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "Îlos",
          "word": "Ἶλος"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ῑ̓́λῐος"
        },
        {
          "word": "Τροίᾱ"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Beycesultan",
        "Ilion (disambiguation)",
        "Wilusa"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ǐː.li.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ǐː.li.on/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li.on/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li.on/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li.on/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ἴλιον"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Īlĭắs",
      "word": "Ῑ̓λῐᾰ́ς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Ī́lĭos",
      "word": "Ῑ̓́λῐος"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "Ίλιο"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: Ίλιο (Ílio)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: Ίλιο (Ílio)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "Īlium"
          },
          "expansion": "Latin: Īlium",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latin: Īlium"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-ana",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Anatolian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒃾𒇻𒊭",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Wilusa",
        "tr": "Wi-lu-ša"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒃾𒇻𒊭 (Wi-lu-ša, “Wilusa”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Ἴλουζα",
        "3": "",
        "4": "Beycesultan"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἴλουζα (Ílouza, “Beycesultan”)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Of Anatolian origin. 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 Ancient Greek Ἴλουζα (Ílouza, “Beycesultan”), which may be directly borrowed from it.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Ῑ̓́λῐον",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ī́lĭon",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ῑ̓λῐ́ου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ Ῑ̓́λῐον",
      "roman": "tò Ī́lĭon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ Ῑ̓λῐ́ου",
      "roman": "toû Īlĭ́ou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ Ῑ̓λῐ́ῳ",
      "roman": "tôi Īlĭ́ōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ Ῑ̓́λῐον",
      "roman": "tò Ī́lĭon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ῑ̓́λῐον",
      "roman": "Ī́lĭon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ῑ̓λῐ́ου",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "second",
        "head": "Ῑ̓́λῐον"
      },
      "expansion": "Ῑ̓́λῐον • (Ī́lĭon) n (genitive Ῑ̓λῐ́ου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ῑ̓́λῐον",
        "2": "ου",
        "form": "sing"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "Îlos",
      "word": "Ἶλος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek neuter nouns",
        "Ancient Greek neuter proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek neuter proper nouns in the second declension",
        "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek second-declension proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Anatolian languages",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Cities"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ilium, Troy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Ilium",
          "Ilium"
        ],
        [
          "Troy",
          "Troy"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Ῑ̓́λῐος"
        },
        {
          "word": "Τροίᾱ"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Beycesultan",
        "Ilion (disambiguation)",
        "Wilusa"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ǐː.li.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ǐː.li.on/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li.on/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li.on/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li.on/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.li.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ἴλιον"
}

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