noun

īle

gen. is · gender neuter · decl. 3rd

and , , and , , , usually plur. , , (heterocl.

that part of the abdomen which extends from the lowest ribs to the pubes; the groin; flank

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.

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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.—

the entrails by extension

Transf., the entrails of animals, Hor. S. 2, 8, 30; Mart. 10, 45, 4, Juv. 5, 136.—

The belly; body

The belly or body of a vessel, Juvenc. 2, 141.—

the private parts

Sing., the private parts, Cat. 63, 5.

Perseus ID: n21430 Key: ile