Ἴλιον
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Of Anatolian origin. Metrical evidence from the Iliad and the Odyssey suggests that the name Ἴλιον (Ílion) formerly began with a digamma: *Ϝίλιον (*Wílion). Compare Hittite 𒃾𒇻𒊭 (Wi-lu-ša, “Wilusa”), usually identified with Troy, and Ancient Greek Ἴλουζα (Ílouza, “Beycesultan”), which may be directly borrowed from it.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǐː.li.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈi.li.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈi.li.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈi.li.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.li.on/
Proper noun
Ῑ̓́λῐον • (Ī́lion) n (genitive Ῑ̓λῐ́ου); second declension
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References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 588