ἰλύς

English (LSJ)

[ῑ], ύος, ἡ,

   A mud, slime, τεύχεα . . κείσεθ' ὑπ' ἰλύος κεκαλυμμένα Il.21.318, cf.IG12.94.20, 23, Zeno Stoic.1.29, Inscr.Délos 354.19, etc.; of alluvial soil, Hdt.2.7; ἰ. καὶ ψάμμος Hp.Aër.9.    2 dregs, sediment, Id.Mul.1.66; of wine, Arist.GA753a24, al.    3 impurity, αἵματος Gal.1.603, cf. 616; στέρνων Androm. ap. eund.14.35. [ἰλῡς -ῡν Choerob.in Theod.1.331; gen. ἰλῠος APl.4.230 (Leon.), A.R. 1.10, but ἰλῡος (metri gr. Hdn.Gr.2.117) Il. l.c.] (Cf. Russ. il, Polish it 'mud', 'potter's clay'.)