Ilias

See also: Ilías

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Iliade (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰλιάς (Iliás), the poem about Ἴλιον (Ílion), an alternate name for Troy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.liˌɑs/

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• Hyphenation: Ili‧as

Proper noun

Ilias f

1. the Iliad
2. a male given name

Coordinate terms

• (Iliad): Odyssee

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰλιάς (Iliás).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.li.as/, [ˈiːlʲiäs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li.as/, [ˈiːliäs]

Proper noun

Īlias f (genitive Īliadis); third declension

1. The Iliad

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Īlias	Īliadēs
genitive	Īliadis	Īliadum
dative	Īliadī	Īliadibus
accusative	Īliadem	Īliadēs
ablative	Īliade	Īliadibus
vocative	Īlias	Īliadēs

Coordinate terms

• Odyssēa f
• Aenēis f
• Alexias f

Descendants

• → French: Iliade f

References

• “Ilias”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press