ἴλη

See also: ίλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἴλα (íla) — Doric
ϝιλα(ρχίω) (wila(rkhíō)) — Boeotian

Etymology

Perhaps a nominal formation from ἴλλω (íllō, “to press together”), from Proto-Indo-European *wi-wl-e, a reduplicative formation from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to press together”), whence also εἴλω (eílō, “to shut in, press”); see there for more discussion.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ǐː.lɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.le̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.li/

Noun

ῑ̓́λη • (ī́lē) f (genitive ἴλης); first declension

band, troop of men
troop of horses, squadron of cavalry
subdivision of the ἀγέλη (agélē) at Sparta

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ῑ̓́λη; τῆς ῑ̓́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ῑ̓́λη hē ī́lē	τὼ ῑ̓́λᾱ tṑ ī́lā	αἱ ἶλαι hai îlai
Genitive	τῆς ῑ̓́λης tês ī́lēs	τοῖν ῑ̓́λαιν toîn ī́lain	τῶν ῑ̓λῶν tôn īlôn
Dative	τῇ ῑ̓́λῃ tēî ī́lēi	τοῖν ῑ̓́λαιν toîn ī́lain	ταῖς ῑ̓́λαις taîs ī́lais
Accusative	τὴν ῑ̓́λην tḕn ī́lēn	τὼ ῑ̓́λᾱ tṑ ī́lā	τᾱ̀ς ῑ̓́λᾱς tā̀s ī́lās
Vocative	ῑ̓́λη ī́lē	ῑ̓́λᾱ ī́lā	ἶλαι îlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἰλαδόν (iladón)
ἰλαρχέω (ilarkhéō)
ἰλάρχης (ilárkhēs)
ἰλάρχία (ilárkhía)
ἴλαρχος (ílarkhos)
ὅμῑλος (hómīlos)

Descendants

Greek: ίλη (íli)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἴλη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 588