meo

See also: Meo, méo, meó, mèo, Mèo, Mẹo, and me'o

Bahnar

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛːw/

Noun

meo 

1. cat

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: mè‧o

Etymology 1

From Latin meus.

Adjective

meo (feminine mea, masculine plural mei, feminine plural mee)

1. Old Italian form of mio

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

meo

1. first-person singular present indicative of meare

Anagrams

• Emo, emo-, omè

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.oː/, [ˈmeoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈme.o/, [ˈmɛːo]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *meā, from Proto-Indo-European *mey-.

Verb

meō (present infinitive meāre, perfect active meāvī, supine meātum); first conjugation

1. I go along, pass or traverse

Conjugation

Conjugation of meō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	meō	meās	meat	meāmus	meātis	meant
	imperfect	meābam	meābās	meābat	meābāmus	meābātis	meābant
	future	meābō	meābis	meābit	meābimus	meābitis	meābunt
	perfect	meāvī	meāvistī	meāvit	meāvimus	meāvistis	meāvērunt, meāvēre
	pluperfect	meāveram	meāverās	meāverat	meāverāmus	meāverātis	meāverant
	future perfect	meāverō	meāveris	meāverit	meāverimus	meāveritis	meāverint
passive	present	meor	meāris, meāre	meātur	meāmur	meāminī	meantur
	imperfect	meābar	meābāris, meābāre	meābātur	meābāmur	meābāminī	meābantur
	future	meābor	meāberis, meābere	meābitur	meābimur	meābiminī	meābuntur
	perfect	meātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	meātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	meātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	meem	meēs	meet	meēmus	meētis	meent
	imperfect	meārem	meārēs	meāret	meārēmus	meārētis	meārent
	perfect	meāverim	meāverīs	meāverit	meāverīmus	meāverītis	meāverint
	pluperfect	meāvissem	meāvissēs	meāvisset	meāvissēmus	meāvissētis	meāvissent
passive	present	meer	meēris, meēre	meētur	meēmur	meēminī	meentur
	imperfect	meārer	meārēris, meārēre	meārētur	meārēmur	meārēminī	meārentur
	perfect	meātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	meātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	meā	—	—	meāte	—
	future	—	meātō	meātō	—	meātōte	meantō
passive	present	—	meāre	—	—	meāminī	—
	future	—	meātor	meātor	—	—	meantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		meāre	meāvisse	meātūrum esse	meārī	meātum esse	meātum īrī
participles		meāns	—	meātūrus	—	meātus	meandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		meandī	meandō	meandum	meandō	meātum	meātū

Derived terms

• commeō
• meātor
• meātus
• permeō
• trānsmeō

Descendants

• Italian: meare
• Romansch: ir (within some conjugations)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

meō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of meus

References

• “meo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “meo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• meo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) I had not deserved it: nullo meo merito
    
  • (ambiguous) a vague notion presents itself to my mind: aliquid animo meo obversatur (cf. sect. III, s. v. oculi)
    
  • (ambiguous) the memory of this will never fade from my mind: numquam ex animo meo memoria illius rei discedet
    
  • (ambiguous) to my sorrow: cum magno meo dolore
    
  • (ambiguous) with perfect right: meo (tuo, suo) iure
    

Lindu

Noun

meo

1. meow (sound of a cat)

Portuguese

Determiner

meo (feminine minha, masculine plural meos, feminine plural minhas)

1. Obsolete spelling of meu

Pronoun

meo (feminine minha, masculine plural meos, feminine plural minhas)

1. Obsolete spelling of meu

Serbo-Croatian

Participle

meo (Cyrillic spelling мео)

1. masculine singular active past participle of mesti

Spanish

Verb

meo

1. first-person singular present indicative of mear

Uab Meto

Noun

meo

1. cat

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɛw˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɛw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mɛw˧˧]

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

meo • (猫)

1. (onomatopoeia) meow; miaow

Related terms

• méo; mèo
• Mẹo; Mão
• miêu

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 毛 (SV: mao).

Noun

meo • (苗)

1. (now not used in isolation) mold; mildew
   • 1937, Ngô Tất Tố, chapter 5, in Trong rừng nho:

     Giở đến hộp mực thì ra nước đã cạn khô. Lớp bông mực lên meo trắng xóa.

     When he opened the ink box, the ink had already gone dry. The inkpad was white due to mold infestation.

See also

Derived terms

• meo mốc
• mốc meo