Ἰλιάς
From LSJ
τὸ πολὺ τοῦ βίου ἐν δικαστηρίοις φεύγων τε καὶ διώκων κατατρίβομαι → waste the greater part of one's life in courts either as plaintiff or defendant
English (LSJ)
[ῑ], άδος, ἡ, pecul. fem. of
A Ἰλιακός, χώρη Hdt.5.94, cf. A.Ag. 453(lyr.), E.Hec.102(anap.), 923(lyr.), etc.; epith. of Athena, Hdt. 7.43, IG9(1).350 (ii B.C.). II as Subst., 1 (sc. γῆ) Troy, the Troad, Hdt.5.122. 2 (sc. γυνή) a Trojan woman, E.Hel.1114 (lyr.), Tr.245 (lyr.), etc. 3 (sc. ποίησις) the Iliad of Homer, Hdt.2.116, Arist.Po.1448b38, al.: prov., κακῶν Ἰλιάς, i.e. an endless string of woes, D.19.148, D.S.36.6, etc. III a kind of thrush, perh. the redwing, Turdus iliacus, Arist.HA617a21 (s.v.l.); cf. ἰλλάς 111.
