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Webster 1913 Edition
Ilium
‖
Il′i-um
,Noun.
[See
Ileum
.] (Anat.)
The dorsal one of the three principal bones comprising either lateral half of the pelvis; the dorsal or upper part of the hip bone. See
Innominate bone
, under Innominate
. [Written also
ilion
, and ileum
.] Definition 2024
Ilium
ilium
ilium
English
Alternative forms
- ilion (4th to 7th centuries)
Noun
ilium (plural ilia)
- (anatomy) The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone and pelvis.
- (anatomy, obsolete) The ileum, part of the small intestine.
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Usage notes
Note that in modern usage, ilium always refers to the bones of the hip and pelvis while ileum always refers to the part of the small intestine. To remember the different spellings, one rule is that there is an i in the middle of ilium and one in hip.
Translations
bone
Latin
Noun
īlium
References
- ilium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ilium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ilium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- ilium in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- ilium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ilium in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly