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īle, is, and īlĕum, ei, and īlĭum, ii, n., usually plur. īlĭa, ĭum, n. (heterocl. dat. sing. ilio, in the pun with Ilio from Ilion, Poët. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 499; dat. plur. iliis, Cels. 4, 1 fin.), that part of the abdomen which extends from the lowest ribs to the pubes, the groin, flank.

  1. I. Lit., Ov. M. 3, 216; 12, 486; Verg. G. 3, 507; id. A. 7, 499; Hor. Epod. 3, 4: ilium vitia, Plin. 20, 5, 15, § 31: ducere ilia, to draw the flanks together, become broken-winded, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9; so, trahere, Plin. 26, 6, 15, § 29: rumpere ilia, to burst, Verg. E. 7, 26.
  2. II. Transf., the entrails of animals, Hor. S. 2, 8, 30; Mart. 10, 45, 4, Juv. 5, 136.
    1. B. The belly or body of a vessel, Juvenc. 2, 141.
    2. C. Sing., the private parts, Cat. 63, 5.

1. ĭlĭa, ĭum, v. ile.

2. Īlĭa, ae, f.,

  1. I. a poetical name of Rhea Silvia, daughter of Numitor and mother of Romulus and Remus, Enn. ap. Charis. p. 70 P. (Ann. v. 56 Vahl.); Verg. A. 1, 274; Ov. F. 2, 383; 598; Hor. C. 1, 2, 17; 3, 9, 8; 4, 8, 22.
  2. II. Deriv.: Īlĭădes, ae, m., son of Ilia.
    1. A. Adj.: Romulus Iliades Iliadesque Remus, Ov. Am. 3, 4, 40: pater, i. e. Romulus, id. F. 4, 23: fratres, i. e. Romulus and Remus, id. ib. 3, 62.
    2. B. Subst., i. e. Romulus, Ov. M. 14, 781 and 824.