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DieLegende2
526
Literally "is" means "this (one)" and "ille" means "that (one)" but both can usually be translated to "he"
According to Wiktionary, "ille" is mainly sed to refer to persons or things which are not near to the speaker.
I imagine a Roman citizen pointing across the street to an kindly, old weaver. The citizen says, "Ille est benignus."
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/ille#Pronoun_2
According to the Latin Wikiversity course, the word "is" can also refer to far persons or things, but it places less emphasis on the distance than "ille" does.
https://en.m.wikiversity.org/wiki/Latin/Demonstratives_Lesson_1
DieLegende2
526
illi is the nominative, masculine plural of ille/illa/illud; illos is the accusative, masculine plural.