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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Αἰγύλιον (Aigúlion), probably from αἴξ (aíx, “goat”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Igilium n sg (genitive Igiliī or Igilī); second declension
- An island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, now the Giglio island
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- Igilium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Igilium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly