I.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.
I. 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.—
B. The belly or body of a vessel, Juvenc. 2, 141.—
C. Sing., the private parts, Cat. 63, 5.
