Ilesium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εἰλέσιον (Eilésion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iˈle.si.um/, [ɪˈɫ̪ɛs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈle.si.um/, [iˈlɛːs̬ium]

Proper noun

Ilesium n sg (genitive Ilesiī or Ilesī); second declension

1. A town of Boeotia mentioned by Homer

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ilesium
genitive	Ilesiī Ilesī1
dative	Ilesiō
accusative	Ilesium
ablative	Ilesiō
vocative	Ilesium
locative	Ilesiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “Ilesium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly