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LNS

īle, īlis

ile, ileum, ilium, ilia

noun (n., 3^rd pure I-stem declension)

that part of the abdomen which extends from the lowest ribs to the pubes, the groin, flank
the entrails
The belly or body
the private parts

Abbreviations

īle, is, and īleum, ei, and īlium, ii, n., usually plur. īlia, ium, n. (heterocl. dat. sing. ilio, in the pun with Ilio from Ilion, Poet. 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. 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.

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

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

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