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īle | īlĕum, ei | īlĭum, ii | īlĭa, ĭum (noun N.n) : and , , and , , n., usually plur., , n. (heterocl.
* Dat. sing. ilio, in the pun with Ilio from Ilion, Poët. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 7, 499; dat. plur. iliis, Cels. 4, 1 fin.), that part of the abdomen which extends from the lowest ribs to the pubes, the groin, flank.
* Lit., Ov. M. 3, 216; 12, 486; Verg. G. 3, 507; id. A. 7, 499; Hor. Epod. 3, 4: ilium vitia,Plin. 20, 5, 15, § 31: ducere ilia,to draw the flanks together, become broken-winded,Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 9; so, trahere,Plin. 26, 6, 15, § 29: rumpere ilia,to burst,Verg. E. 7, 26.
* Transf., the entrails of animals, Hor. S. 2, 8, 30; Mart. 10, 45, 4, Juv. 5, 136.
* The belly or body of a vessel, Juvenc. 2, 141.
* Sing., the private parts, Cat. 63, 5.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary