ἰλύς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• εἰλῡ́ς (eilū́s)

Etymology

Formation like ἀχλύς (akhlús) and δελφύς (delphús). Identical with Proto-Slavic *jьlъ (“silt; clay”) and Latvian īls (“very dark”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iː.ly̌ːs/ → /iˈlys/ → /iˈlis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /iː.ly̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈlys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈlys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈlys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈlis/

Noun

ῑ̓λῡ́ς • (īlū́s) f (genitive ῑ̓λῠ́ος); third declension

1. mud; slime; silt

   Synonyms: ἄσις (ásis), ὗλῐς (hûlĭs)

2. dregs; sediment of wine
3. impurity

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ῑ̓λῡ́ς; τῆς ῑ̓λῠ́ος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῑ̓λῡ́ς hē īlū́s	τὼ ῑ̓λῠ́ε / ῑ̓λῦ tṑ īlŭ́e / īlû	αἱ ῑ̓λῠ́ες / ῑ̓λῦς hai īlŭ́es / īlûs
Genitive	τῆς ῑ̓λῠ́ος tês īlŭ́os	τοῖν ῑ̓λῠ́οιν toîn īlŭ́oin	τῶν ῑ̓λῠ́ων tôn īlŭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ ῑ̓λῠ́ῐ̈ / ῑ̓λυῖ tēî īlŭ́ĭ̈ / īluî	τοῖν ῑ̓λῠ́οιν toîn īlŭ́oin	ταῖς ῑ̓λῠ́σῐ / ῑ̓λῠ́σῐν taîs īlŭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ῑ̓λῡ́ν tḕn īlū́n	τὼ ῑ̓λῠ́ε / ῑ̓λῦ tṑ īlŭ́e / īlû	τᾱ̀ς ῑ̓λῦς / ῑ̓λῠ́ᾰς tā̀s īlûs / īlŭ́ăs
Vocative	ῑ̓λῡ́ īlū́	ῑ̓λῠ́ε / ῑ̓λῦ īlŭ́e / īlû	ῑ̓λῠ́ες / ῑ̓λῦς īlŭ́es / īlûs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of ῑ̓λῡ́ς; ῑ̓λῠ́ος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ῑ̓λῡ́ς īlū́s	ῑ̓λῠ́ε īlŭ́e	ῑ̓λῠ́ες īlŭ́es
Genitive	ῑ̓λῠ́ος īlŭ́os	ῑ̓λῠ́οιῐ̈ν īlŭ́oiĭ̈n	ῑ̓λῠ́ων īlŭ́ōn
Dative	ῑ̓λῠ́ῐ̈ / ῑ̓λυῖ īlŭ́ĭ̈ / īluî	ῑ̓λῠ́οιῐ̈ν īlŭ́oiĭ̈n	ῑ̓λῠ́σῐ / ῑ̓λῠ́σῐν / ῑ̓λῠ́σσῐ / ῑ̓λῠ́σσῐν / ῑ̓λῠ́εσσῐ / ῑ̓λῠ́εσσῐν īlŭ́sĭ(n) / īlŭ́ssĭ(n) / īlŭ́essĭ(n)
Accusative	ῑ̓λῡ́ν īlū́n	ῑ̓λῠ́ε īlŭ́e	ῑ̓λῠ́ᾰς / ῑ̓λῦς īlŭ́ăs / īlûs
Vocative	ῑ̓λῡ́ īlū́	ῑ̓λῠ́ε īlŭ́e	ῑ̓λῠ́ες īlŭ́es
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ῑ̓λόεις (īlóeis)
• ῑ̓́λῡμᾰ (ī́lūmă)
• ῑ̓λῠόεις (īlŭóeis)
• ῑ̓λῡ́ω (īlū́ō)
• ῑ̓λῠώδης (īlŭṓdēs)
• κᾰτᾰλῡ́ω (kătălū́ō)
• κᾰτῑλῡ́ω (kătīlū́ō)

Further reading

• “ἰλύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἰλύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἰλύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἰλύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἰλύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN