iliacus

See also: Iliacus

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈlʌɪ.ə.kəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈlaɪ.ə.kəs/
• Hyphenation: i‧li‧a‧cus

Noun

iliacus (plural iliaci)

1. (anatomy) A flat triangular muscle that fills the iliac fossa.

Latin

Etymology

From īle.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iːˈli.a.kus/, [iːˈlʲiäkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈli.a.kus/, [iˈliːäkus]

Adjective

īliacus (feminine īliaca, neuter īliacum); first/second-declension adjective

1. colicky (suffering from colic)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	īliacus	īliaca	īliacum		īliacī	īliacae	īliaca
genitive	īliacī	īliacae	īliacī		īliacōrum	īliacārum	īliacōrum
dative	īliacō	īliacae	īliacō		īliacīs
accusative	īliacum	īliacam	īliacum		īliacōs	īliacās	īliaca
ablative	īliacō	īliacā	īliacō		īliacīs
vocative	īliace	īliaca	īliacum		īliacī	īliacae	īliaca

Descendants

• → Catalan: ilíac
• → English: iliac
• → French: iliaque
• → Italian: iliaco

References

• “iliacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• iliacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.