1. ἰλῦς · ilys — Beekes
mud, slime, dregs, impurity
The corpus record
ἰλύς
ilus
mud, slime, dregs, impurity
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Distribution
- Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
- De aere aquis et locis 1 · 1.35/10k
- Psalmi 2 · 0.58/10k
- Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
- Histories 4 · 0.22/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
- Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
Senses
2. ἰλύς · ilys — Chantraine
τ-ὖος : f
3. ἴλύς · ilys — Frisk
schlammig, morastig
4. ἰλύς · ilys — LSJ
mud, slime
Attestations
- ἰλύος · ilyos Iliad 21.318
- ἰλύος · ilyos Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 182)
- ἰλύς · ilys Herodotus, Histories 2.7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1589)
- ἰλύν · ilyn Herodotus, Histories 2.12.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1619)
- ἰλὺν · ilyn Herodotus, Histories 2.93.6 (DIORISIS sentence 2189)
- ἰλύος · ilyos Herodotus, Histories 4.195.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5300)
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Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 636; entry #2722 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 477; entry #3373 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 755; entry #2602 Review: Under source audit
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