?῎ιλιος (ϝι?λιος) and ?῎ιλιον (Il. 15.71): Ilium, a name
for Troy derived from that of its founder Ilus;
epithets, αἰπεινή, αἰπύ, ἐρατεινή,
εὐτείχεος, ἠνεμόεσσα, ἱερή, ὀφρυόεσσα. In wider
signification, for the region about Troy, Il.
1.71, Od. 19.182. In Il. 15.66, Il.
21.104, Il. 22.6, the true
form of the gen. is Ἰλίοο, as the
scansion shows (cf. Αἴολος).
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.
This text was converted to electronic form by professional data entry and has been proofread to a medium level of accuracy.
Purchase a copy of this text (not necessarily the same edition) from Amazon.com
hide
Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
How to enter text in Greek:
