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|Definition=[ῑ], Dor. [[ἴλα|ἴλᾱ]] (Boeot. ϝιλ- in [[ϝιλαρχίω]]), ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[band]], [[troop]] of men, Hdt.1.73,202; <b class="b3">εὔφρονες ἶλαι</b> [[merry]] [[companies]], Pi.''N.''5.38; also [[ἴλα]] λεόντων E.''Alc.''581 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> as a military term, [[troop of horse]], prop. of sixty-four men, cf. Arr.''Tact.''18.2; but varying in number, Ascl.''Tact.''7.2;= Lat. [[turma]], Plb.6.25.1, al., D.H.6.12, al., Plu.''Caes.'' 45,al.; later,= Lat. [[ala]], IGRom.3.272 (Galatia), ''BGU''69 (ii A.D.), J. ''AJ''17.10.9, etc.; [[κατὰ ἴλας]] = [[ἰλαδόν]], opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ τάξεις</b>, X.''An.''1.2.16: generally, [[troop]] or [[company of soldiers]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1407 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> at Sparta, subdivision of the [[ἀγέλα]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), X.''Lac.''2.11; κατ' ἴλην Plu. ''Lyc.''16.