Note: This is uppercase i, not lowercase L.

English

Zeus and Io

Proper noun

Io

1. (Greek mythology) The daughter of Inachus river god, and a lover of Zeus, turned by the latter into a heifer.
2. (astronomy) A moon of Jupiter, known for its volcanic activity, peppered with about 400 active volcanoes.
3. (astronomy) Short for 85 Io, a main belt asteroid; the asteroid shares its name with the Jovian moon

Translations

Derived terms

• Ionian

See also

• Io (moon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Oi, oi

Latin

Alternative forms

• Īōn

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰώ ‎(Iṓ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.oː/

Proper noun

Īō f ‎(genitive Īūs); fourth declension

1. (mythology) Io, daughter of Inachus.

Declension

Fourth declension.

References

• Io in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Io”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

See also

• Io (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Io f

1. (Greek mythology) Io (a lover of Zeus)
2. (astronomy) Io (moon of Jupiter)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɪəʊ/

Noun

io ‎(plural ios)

1. A type of moth, the io moth.
   • 1936, Paul Griswold Howes, Hand book for the curious

     These lines appear to serve as roadways or guides to any stragglers that may have hung back for some reason known only to an io.

Etymology 2

From Latin ; compare Ancient Greek ἰώ ‎(iṓ, “oh!”).

Interjection

io

1. An exclamation of joy or triumph.
   • 1913, Crowley, Aleister, “Hymn To Pan”, in Book 4, University of California Libraries, Magick in Theory and Practice:

     Do as thou wilt, as a great god can,
     O Pan! Io Pan!
     Io Pan! Io Pan Pan! I am awake
     In the grip of the snake.

Anagrams

• Oi, oi

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• eu, iou

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eo, from Latin ego, from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Compare Romanian eu.

Pronoun

io

1. (first-person singular pronoun) I
2. me

Related terms

• mini/mine
• mi
• (a) njeu/(a) meu

See also

• tu, tini
• el/elu, nãs
• noi
• voi
• nãsh, elj

Chuukese

Pronoun

io

1. who

Esperanto

Etymology

From i- ‎(indeterminate correlative prefix) +‎ -o ‎(correlative suffix of objects).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

io ‎(plural ioj, accusative singular ion, accusative plural iojn)

1. something (indeterminate correlative of objects)

Derived terms

• io ajn ‎(“anything”)

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.o/

Pronoun

io

1. I

   Io te ama.

   I love you.

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eo (compare Romanian eu); from Latin ego, from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

io ‎(first-person singular, plural noi)

1. I

Declension

Italian

Alternative forms

• jo (obsolete)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eo, from Latin ego ‎(“I”), from Proto-Italic *egō, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Near cognates include French je, Portuguese eu, Romanian eu, and Spanish yo.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

io ‎(personal, first person, possessive mio)

1. I, the first person

Inflection

See also

• meco ‎(“with me”)
• noi ‎(“we (plural)”)

Japanese

Romanization

io

1. rōmaji reading of いお

Latin

Etymology

Echoic; compare Greek ἰώ ‎(iṓ), or English yo.

Interjection

iō!

1. An exclamation of joy or pain, or for getting one's attention.

References

• io in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• io in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “io”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• io in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• io in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• io in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• i'

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eo, from Latin ego. Compare Italian io.

Pronoun

io

1. I, the first-person singular nominative pronoun

Coordinate terms

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiwaz, whence also Old Norse ei

Adverb

io

1. always