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Webster 1913 Edition


Io

I′o

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Ios
(#)
.
[L.; cf. Gr.
ἱώ
.]
An exclamation of joy or triumph; – often interjectional.

Definition 2024


Io

Io

Note: This is uppercase i, not lowercase L.
See also: Appendix:Variations of "io"

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

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰώ (Iṓ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Īō f (genitive Īūs); fourth declension

  1. (mythology) Io, daughter of Inachus.

Declension

Fourth declension.

Case Singular
nominative Īō
genitive Īūs
dative Īuī
accusative Īō
ablative Īū
vocative Īō

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Io f

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

io

io

See also: Appendix:Variations of "io"

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.

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

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

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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)

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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

nominative io
accusative stressed mire
unstressed me (m')
dative stressed mi
unstressed âm
genitive masc. sg. meu/mev
fem. sg. me
masc. pl. meľ
fem. pl. mele

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

subject io
object mi
prepositional me
reflexive mi

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


Neapolitan

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronoun

io

  1. I, the first-person singular nominative pronoun

Coordinate terms

Number Person Nominative Accusative Dative Reflexive Possessive Prepositional
singular first-person io (i') me mìo, mìa, mieje, meje me, méne
second-person, familiar tu te tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje te, téne
second-person, formal vuje ve vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsso 'o, 'u (lo, lu) 'i, 'e (li, le) se sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje ìsso
third-person, feminine éssa 'a (la) 'e (le) éssa
plural first-person nuje ce nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste nuje
second-person, plural vuje ve vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste vuje
third-person, masculine ìsse 'i, 'e (li, le) llòro se llòro (invariable) llòro
third-person, feminine llòro 'e (le)

Old High German

Etymology

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

Adverb

io

  1. always