English

Noun

unio ‎(plural unios)

1. Any of the genus Unio of freshwater mussels.
   • 1894, Sleep of mollusks (in Popular Science, volume 45, number 1, May 1894, page 99)

     In June, 1850, a living pond mussel was sent to Dr. Gray from Australia which had been kept out of water more than a year, and instances of the survival of unios without moisture for long periods are not rare.

Esperanto

Noun

unio ‎(accusative singular union, plural unioj, accusative plural uniojn)

1. (politics) A union (of states)

Related terms

• Eŭropa Unio
• Sovetunio
• Unio de Sovetaj Socialistoj Respublikoj

See also

• sindikato ‎(“syndicate, labor union”)

Latin

Etymology

From ūnus ‎(“one”). The 'onion' sense may however continue a Proto-Indo-European *wósHr̥- ‎(“garlic, onion”) seen also in Hittite 𒉿𒀸𒄩𒅈 ‎(wašḫar, “garlic”), Sanskrit उष्ण ‎(uṣṇa, “onion”), Pashto ووږه ‎(ūža, “garlic”), Khowar [script needed] ‎(wǝẓnū, “garlic”)^[1].

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈuː.ni.oː/

Noun

ūniō f ‎(genitive ūniōnis); third declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) the number one, oneness, unity

   Decas decimā unione completur.

2. (late Lat.) a unity, union

   Maria Dei unione fecunda.

3. a kind of single onion

   Caepam, quam vocant unionem rustici.

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (single onion): caepa, cēpa

Descendants

External links

• unio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Noun

ūniō m ‎(genitive ūniōnis); third declension

1. a single large pearl (compare margarita)

   Unio Cleopatranae.

   Cleopatra's pearl.

Inflection

Third declension.

Verb

ūniō ‎(present infinitive ūnīre, perfect active ūnīvī, supine ūnītum); fourth conjugation

1. I unite, I combine into one.

Inflection

Descendants

External links

• Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary entry for "unio" meaning unite

References

• unio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “unio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• unio in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

1. ↑ Witczak, The Hittite Name For 'Garlic'

Polish

Noun

unio

1. vocative singular of unia