ilium (n.) Look up ilium at Dictionary.com
pelvic bone, 1706, Modern Latin, from Latin ilia (plural) "groin, flank, side of the body from the hips to the groin" (see ileum). In Middle English it meant "lower part of the small intestine." Vesalius gave the name os ilium to the "bone of the flank."
Ilium Look up Ilium at Dictionary.com
"Troy;" see Iliad.