ἰλύς [ῑ], ύος, ἡ,
mud, slime, τεύχεα.. κείσεθ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἰλύος κεκαλυμμένα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.318, compare “IG” 12.94.20, 23, 4th-3rd c.BC: Zeno Citieus Stoicus 1.29, “Inscription Délos” 354.19, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of alluvial soil, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.7; ἰ. καὶ ψάμμος 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Aër.” 9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 dregs, sediment, [[ [prev. author] “Mul.” 1.66 ] Refs]; of wine, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 753a24, +others ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 impurity, αἵματος [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.603, compare 616; στέρνων 1st c.AD: Andromachus Poeta Medicus cited in [same work] 14.35. [ἰλῡς -ῡν 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1.331; _genitive_ ἰλῠος “APl.” 4.230 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus), 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.10, but ἰλῡος (metri gr. Hdn.Gr. 2.117) 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”] Refs 8th c.BC+] [same place]] (Cf. Russ. il, Polish it 'mud', 'potter's clay'.)