ilium

See also: Ilium and -ilium

English

Alternative forms

• ilion (4th to 7th centuries)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īlium (“lower abdomen”), from īle (“flank”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪlɪəm/

Noun

ilium (plural ilia)

1. (anatomy) The upper and widest of the three bones that make up each side of the hipbone and pelvis.
2. (anatomy, obsolete) The ileum, part of the small intestine.

Usage notes

In modern usage, ilium always refers to the bones of the hip and pelvis while ileum always refers to the part of the small intestine. To remember the different spellings, one rule is that there is an i in the middle of both ilium and hip.

Coordinate terms

• ischium
• pubis

Derived terms

• iliac

Translations

bone

• Catalan: ili (ca) m, os ilíac m
• Dutch: darmbeen (nl) n
• Finnish: suoliluu (fi)
• Hungarian: csípőcsont (hu)
• Icelandic: mjaðmarspaði m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 腸骨 (ちょうこつ, chōkotsu)
• Portuguese: ílio m, ilíaco (pt) m
• Russian: подвздошная кость f (podvzdošnaja kostʹ)
• Spanish: ilion m
• Tagalog: buto ng balakang

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) īlium

1. genitive plural of īle
2. the abdomen below the ribs, groin, flanks
3. the entrails

References

• “ilium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ilium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ilium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ilium”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “ilium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ilium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly