Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Ilium   Listen
Ilium

noun
(Written also ilion, and ileum)
1.
An ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War.  Synonyms: Ilion, Troy.
2.
The upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone.



Related searches:
arteria circumflexa ilium
vena circumflexa ilium


WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar




"Ilium" Quotes from Famous Books



... ambitionis, contentionum inimicitiarum, cupiditatum omnium secum esse secumque, ut dicitur, vivere! Si vero habet aliquod tamquam pabulum studi atque doctrinae, nihil est otiosa senectute iucundius. Videbamus in studio dimetiendi paene caeli atque terrae Gallum familiarem patris tui, Scipio. Quotiens ilium lux noctu aliquid describere ingressum, quotiens nox oppressit cum mane coepisset! Quam delectabat eum defectiones solis et lunae multo ante nobis praedicere! 50 Quid in levioribus studiis, sed tamen acutis? Quam gaudebat Bello ...
— Cato Maior de Senectute • Marcus Tullius Cicero
... warfare raged, Ere Ilium's smoking ruins paid For wedlock stained and faith betrayed, And great ...
— The Consolation of Philosophy • Boethius
... the professor said. That is fine, isn't it? It has the prophetic vision. Fuit Ilium! The sack of windy Troy. Kingdoms of this world. The masters of the Mediterranean ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce


Words linked to "Ilium" :   trojan, pelvic girdle, iliac artery, Asia Minor, pelvis, os, metropolis, Dardan, Ilion, troy, arteria iliaca, bone, pelvic arch, hip, city, urban center, Anatolia, Dardanian


Copyright © 2024 Dictionary One.com