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Ἴλιον

Ἴλιον

Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Ῑ̓́λιον (Ī́lion) n (genitive Ἰλίου); second declension

  1. Ilium; Troy; Truvas, Turkey

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Descendants

  • Greek: Ίλιο (Ílio)
  • Latin: Ilium

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, page 588