Ille, illa, illud ...

Ille, illa, illud

Ille, commonly referred to as ille,illa,illud (in the Nominative masculine,feminine and neuter)is a demonstrative pronoun meaning that. Ille is used to refer to that when the object being referred to is away from the person speaking and being spoken to.

Other demonstrative pronouns in Latin are hic,haec,hoc (this) and is,ea,id (this or that.

As well as being used as an adjective, ille can be used as a pronoun. E.g that man, to that man ...

The meaning he/she/it will change depending on the case. For example, eum (the accusative) in English would be translated as him.

Singular

Case M. F. N.
Nom. ille illa illud
Acc. illum illam illud
Gen. illius illius illius
Dat. illi illi illi
Abl. illo illo illo


Plural

Case M. F. N.
Nom. illi illae illa
Acc. illos illas illa
Gen. illorum illarum illorum
Dat. illis illis illis
Abl. illis illis illis