ille

See also: Ille, 'ille, and -ille

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin.

Pronoun

ille

1. he

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Irish

Contraction

ille

1. Contraction of i leith.

Further reading

• "ille" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• olle (for the pronoun; archaic)

Etymology

From Old Latin olle (“he, that”) (also ollus, olla), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ol-no- or *h₂l̥-no-, from *h₂el- (“beyond, other”). Cognate with Latin uls (“beyond”), alius (“other”), and alter (“the other”); Umbrian ulu (“to that place”), Old Church Slavonic лани (lani, “last year”, literally “in that (year)”).

Initial i- from o- has no parallel case and may be owing to contamination from is, iste or due to the palatalizing effect of l exilis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈil.le/, [ˈɪl.lʲɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈil.le/, [ˈil.lɛ]

• Audio (Classical)

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Determiner

ille (feminine illa, neuter illud); demonstrative pronoun (pronominal)

1. (determiner) that; those (in the plural)
   • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 3:24

     in illo tempore exauditae sunt preces amborum in conspectu gloriae summi Dei

     at that time the prayers of them both were heard in the sight of the glory of the most high God

2. (pronoun) that one; that (thing); those ones (in the plural); those (things); he, she, it
3. (Vulgar Latin) he, she, it (third-person personal pronoun)
4. (Medieval Latin, Vulgar Latin) the (used as a definite article)

Declension

Demonstrative pronoun (pronominal).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ille	illa	illud		illī	illae	illa
Genitive	illīus				illōrum	illārum	illōrum
Dative	illī				illīs
Accusative	illum	illam	illud		illōs	illās	illa
Ablative	illō	illā	illō		illīs

Usage notes

• This demonstrative determiner/pronoun is used to refer to a person or thing, or persons or things, away from both speaker and listener. It contrasts with hic (“this”), which refers to people or things near the speaker, and iste (“this/that”), which refers to people or things near the listener.
• As Latin had no person pronouns specifically meaning "he", "she" or "it", any of ille, iste, hic or (most frequently) is could assume that function. In Vulgar latin, ille weakened its meaning and frequently came to mean merely "the" (as a determiner) or "he/she/it" (as a pronoun). This is in fact the origin of French le (“the”) and il (“he”), Spanish el (“the”) and él (“he”), etc. The original meaning of a far demonstrative was maintained when augmented with ecce or eccum, cf. Italian quello, Spanish aquel.
• In Classical usage, ille can have a secondary, appreciative function of casting the referent in a positive light: ille homō can mean "that (famous/renowned) man". The opposite, pejorative function is assumed by iste, and iste homō frequently means "that (no good) man". Such functions were not present in Vulgar Latin, and iste came to mean "this" (cf. Spanish este).

Derived terms

• eccille
• illic
• illim
• ōlim

 

Related terms

Latin correlatives ^(edit)

type	interrogative	indefinite	(medial) demonstrative	proximal demonstrative	distal demonstrative	relative	indefinite relative	identity	other
basic	quis, quī	quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quisque, quisquam, aliquisquam, quispiam, ūllus	is, iste, istic	hic	ille, illic	quī	quisquis, quīcumque	ipse, īdem	alter, alius
dual	uter	alteruter, uterque				uter	utercumque
number	quot	aliquot	tot			quot	quotquot, quotcumque	totidem
order	quotus		totus			quotus	quotuscumque
quantity	quam	aliquam	tam			quam	†quamquam	†tamen, †tandem
size	quantus	aliquantus	tantus			quantus	quantuscumque	tantusdem
quality	quālis		tālis			quālis	quālis, quāliscumque
manner	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utique, quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō	ita, sic, eō/istō modō	hōc modō	illō modō	ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum	utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque	item, itidem	aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
method, path place	quā	aliquā, quāque	eā, istāc	hāc	illāc	quā	quāquā, quācumque	eādem	aliā
place	ubi	alicubi, ubique, usquam, uspiam	ibi, istic	hīc	illic	ubi	ubiubi, ubicumque	ibidem	alibī, aliās
source	unde	alicunde	inde, istinc	hinc	illinc	unde	undecumque	indidem	aliunde
destination	quō, quōrsum	aliquō, quōquam, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum	eō, istūc, °istōrsum	hūc, °hōrsum	illūc, °illōrsum	quō	quōquō, quōcumque	eōdem	aliō, aliorsum
time	quandō	quondam, aliquandō, quandōque, umquam	tum, tunc		ōlim	cum, quandō	cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque	simul	aliās
exact time	quota hora		ea/ista hora	hac hora	illa hora	quota hora	quotacumque hora	eadem hora	altera/alia hora
repetition	quotiēns	aliquotiēns	totiēns			quotiēns	quotiēnscumque
multiplication	quotuplex		totuplex			quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated ° Rare

See also

• ūnus

Descendants

As definite article

• Aromanian: -lu, -a
• Asturian: el, la, lo, los, les, las
• Aragonese: o
• Bourguignon: lou
• Catalan: el, la, els, les
• Champenois: lou
• Dalmatian: el, la, i, le
• Franco-Provençal: lo, la, los, les
• French: le, la, les
• Friulian: il, la, i, lis
• Galician: o, a, os, as
• Istriot: el, la
• Italian: il, lo, la, i, gli, le
• Neapolitan: llo/'o, lla/'a, lle/'e
• Occitan: lo, la, los, las
• Old French: li, la, les
• Portuguese: o, a, os, as
• Romanian: -l (-ul), -a (-ua), -i, -le, -lui, -ei, -lor
• Romansch: il, la, ils, las
• Sicilian: lu, la, li
• Spanish: el, la, lo, los, las
• Venetian: el, ła, i, łe

As personal pronoun

• Aromanian: el, ea, elj, eali, lui, ljei, lor, ãlj, li, lã, ãl, u
• Asturian: él~elli, ella, ello, ellos, elles, ellas
• Catalan: ell, ella, ells, elles, llur
• Dalmatian: jal, jala, jali, jale, louro
• Franco-Provençal: il, ele, ils, eles, lui, lyé, lor, li
• French: il, elle, ils, elles, lui, leur
• Friulian: lui, jê, lôr
• Istriot: el, gila, luri
• Italian: egli, ella, lui, lei, loro, lo, la, li, le
• Neapolitan: lloro, llo/'o, lla/'a, lle/'e
• Galician: el, ela, eles, elas
• Occitan: el, ela, eles, elas
• Portuguese: ele, ela, eles, elas
• Romanian: el, ea, ei, ele, lui, ei, lor, îi, le, îl, o
• Romansch: el, ella, els, ellas, lur
• Sicilian: iddu, idda, iddi
• Spanish: él, ella, ello, ellos, ellas, lo, la, los, las, le, les
• Venetian: eło/elo, eła, ełe, łore, łori

As determiner

• Romanian: (ăl), ăla, aia, ăia, alea, ăluia, ăleia, ălora.

As determiner, from eccu(m)/*accu (from eccum, from ecce eum) + ille

• Aromanian: atsel, atsea, atselj, atseali
• Asturian: aquel~aquelli, aquella, aquello, aquellos, aquelles
• Catalan: aquell, aquella, aquells, aquelles
• Dalmatian: col
• Franco-Provençal: celi, cela, celos, celes, celor
• French: celle, ceux, celui
• Friulian: chel, chê, chei, chês
• Galician: aquel, aquela, aqueles, aquelas
• Istriot: quil, quila, quii, quille
• Italian: quello, quella, quelli, quelle, colui, colei, coloro
• Neapolitan: chillo, chella, chille, chelle
• Occitan: aquel, aquela, aqueles, aquelas
• Old French: cel, cele, cels, celes
• Portuguese: aquele, aquela, aquilo, aqueles, aquelas
• Romanian: acel, acea, acei, acele, acelui, acelei, acelor
• Sicilian: chiddu, chidda, chiddi
• Spanish: aquel, aquella, aquello, aquellos, aquellas
• Venetian: cuel, cuelo

References

• ille in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ille in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ille in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Pericles, the greatest man of his day: Pericles summus vir illius aetatis
    
  • a man of considerable learning for those times: vir ut temporibus illis doctus
    
  • hence these tears; there's the rub: hinc illae lacrimae (proverb.) (Ter. And. 1. 1. 99; Cael. 25. 61)
    
  • what will become of him: quid illo fiet?
    
  • I console myself with..: hoc (illo) solacio me consōlor
    
  • the memory of this will never fade from my mind: numquam ex animo meo memoria illius rei discedet
    
  • for a Roman he is decidedly well educated: sunt in illo, ut in homine Romano, multae litterae (De Sen. 4. 12)
    
  • those views are out of date: illae sententiae evanuerunt
    
  • those ideas have long ago been given up: illae sententiae iam pridem explosae et eiectae sunt (Fin. 5. 8. 23)
    
  • Solon, one of the seven sages: Solo, unus de septem (illis)
    
  • he possesses sound judgment in matters of taste: elegantia in illo est
    
  • there is a flavour of Atticism about his discourse: ex illius orationibus ipsae Athenae redolent
    
  • that Greek proverb contains an excellent lesson: bene illo Graecorum proverbio praecipitur
    
  • my relations with him are most hospitable: mihi cum illo hospitium est, intercedit
    
  • the aristocracy (as a party in politics): boni cives, optimi, optimates, also simply boni (opp. improbi); illi, qui optimatium causam agunt
    
  • this much he said: haec (quidem) ille
    
  • this passage is obscure: hic (ille) locus obscurus est
    
  • (ambiguous) I console myself with..: haec (illa) res me consolatur
    
  • (ambiguous) Plato's ideal republic: illa civitas Platonis commenticia
    
  • (ambiguous) Plato's ideal republic: illa civitas, quam Plato finxit
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse illr.

Adjective

ille (indeclinable, comparative verre, indefinite superlative verst, definite superlative verste)

1. bad

Etymology 2

From Old Norse illa.

Pronunciation

• (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA^(key): [ˈɪ̂l̺.l̺ɛ̝]

Adverb

ille

1. badly
2. (Fredrikstad dialect) very

   ille bra

   very good

Derived terms

• illeluktende

References

• “ille” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Tatar

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Turkish elli, Bashkir илле (ille)

Numeral

ille (Cyrillic spelling илле)

1. fifty