Io

See also: Appendix:Variations of "io"

Note: This is uppercase i, not lowercase L.

Translingual

Io fluvialis

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Io f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pleuroceridae – only one species Io fluvialis (spiny river snail).
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae – now genus Adetomeris, of moths.

Hypernyms

• (genus of snail): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Gastropoda - class; Caenogastropoda - subclass; Sorbeoconcha - order; Cerithiimorpha - suborder; Cerithioidea - superfamily; Pleuroceridae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus of snail): Io fluvialis (spiny river snail) - sole known species

References

snail

• Io (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Io Lea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Io (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Io at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Io at National Center for Biotechnology Information

Etymology 2

Shortening of Senecio, from basionym of species name Senecio ambondrombeensis (See Io (Asteraceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies )

Proper noun

Io f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – only one species Io ambondrombeensis, native to Madagascar. [from 2003]

Usage notes

• Sole species often included in the polyphyletic genus Senecio as Senecio ambondrombeensis

Hypernyms

• (genus of plant): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae - family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Senecioneae - tribe; Senecioninae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus of plant): Io ambondrombeensis

References

• Io (Asteraceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Senecioninae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Io at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Io at Tropicos

English

Zeus and Io

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰώ (Iṓ).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪoʊ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪoʊ

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.
   • 2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, spoken by Cortana (Jen Taylor), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: Cairo Station:

     Another whisper, sir, near Io. We have probes en route.

3. (astronomy) 85 Io, a main belt asteroid; the asteroid shares its name with the Jovian moon

Derived terms

• Io moth
• Ionian
• Ioan

Translations

mythology

• Catalan: Io (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 伊俄 (Yī'é)

• Czech: Íó f
• Danish: Io
• Dutch: Io f
• Esperanto: Io
• Finnish: Io (fi)
• French: Io (fr) f
• Galician: Ío (gl) f
• Georgian: იო (io)
• German: Io (de) f
• Greek: Ιώ (el) f (Ió)

  Ancient: Ἰώ f (Iṓ)

• Italian: Io (it) f
• Japanese: イーオー (Īō)
• Korean: 이오 (Io)
• Latin: Īō f
• Macedonian: Ија f (Ija)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Io f

  Nynorsk: Io f

• Polish: Io (pl) f
• Portuguese: Io f
• Romanian: Io f
• Russian: Ио́ f (Ió)
• Serbo-Croatian: Ȉja (sh) f, И̏ја f, Ȉo (sh) f, И̏о f
• Slovak: Ió f
• Slovene: Ió f
• Spanish: Ío f
• Ukrainian: Іо́ f (Ió)

moon of Jupiter

• Arabic: آيُّو m (ʔāyyū)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 木衛一／木卫一 (Mùwèiyī), 埃歐／埃欧 (Āi'ōu)

• Danish: Io
• Dutch: Io f
• Finnish: Io (fi)
• French: Io (fr)
• German: Io (de) f
• Greek: Ιώ (el) f (Ió)
• Icelandic: Íó m, Jó m
• Italian: Io (it) m
• Japanese: イオ (ja) (Io)
• Korean: 이오 (Io)
• Portuguese: Io f
• Russian: Ио́ m (Ió)
• Spanish: Ío

See also

Solar System in English · Solar System (layout · text)
Star	Sun
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercury	Venus	Earth	Mars	Ceres	Jupiter	Saturn	Uranus	Neptune	Pluto	Eris
Notable moons	—	—	Moon	Phobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganymede Callisto	Mimas Enceladus Tethys Dione Rhea Titan Iapetus	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Triton	Charon	Dysnomia

Anagrams

• -oi, OI, Oi, oi, oi!

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰώ (Iṓ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.o/
• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: Ì‧o

Proper noun

Io f

1. (Greek mythology) Io
2. (astronomy, natural satellite) Io
3. (astronomy, asteroid) 85 Io

See also

Solar System in Italian · sistema solare (layout · text)
Star	Sole
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercurio	Venere	Terra	Marte	Cerere	Giove	Saturno	Urano	Nettuno	Plutone	Eris (Eride)
Notable moons	—	—	Luna	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimede Callisto	Mimas Encelado Teti Dione Rea Titano Giapeto	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Tritone	Caronte	Disnomia

Latin

Alternative forms

• Īōn

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἰώ (Iṓ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.oː/, [ˈiːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.o/, [ˈiːo]

Proper noun

Īō f sg (genitive Īūs); fourth declension
Īō f sg (genitive Īōnis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Io, daughter of Inachus.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Propertius. In: Propertius with an English translation by H. E. Butler, 1916, pp. 144f., 154f., 162f:

     Io versa caput primos mugiverat annos:

     So Io wore a strange guise and lowed all her earlier years;

     illic aspicis scopulis haerere Sorores
     et canere antiqui dulcia furta Iovis,
     ut Semela est combustus, ut est deperditus Io,
     [...]

     There shalt thou see the Sisters clinging to the crags, while they chant the sweet loves of Jove in olden time, how he was consumed with fire for Semele, how madly he loved Io, [...]

     tu certe Iovis occultis in amoribus, Io,
     sensisti multas quid sit inire vias,
     [...]

     Yet, Io, in truth thou didst learn in thy secret loves with Jove what it is to tread many paths of wandering, [...]

   • (Can we date this quote?) Publius Ovidius Naso, Ars amandi / Ars amatoria, liber I. In: Publius Ovidius Naso: Liebeskunst. Lateinisch-deutsch, 1980, p. 28 – translation from The Love Books of Ovid, p. 121:

     Et modo se Europen fieri, modo postulat Io,
     Altera quod bos est, altera vecta bove.

     Now she would be Europa; now she would be Io; the one because she was a heifer, the other because a bull bore her on his back.

   • (Can we date this quote?) Publius Ovidius Naso, Amores, liber II. In: Ovid Heroides and Amores with an English translation by Grant Showerman, 1914, p. 386f.

     dum nimium servat custos Iunonius Ion,
     ante suos annos occidit; ilia dea est!

     Juno's watchman, guarding Io too intently, falls before his time; she–becomes a goddess!

   • (Can we date this quote?) Plautus, Aulularia, actus III. In: Plautus with an English translation by Paul Nixon, vol. I, 1916, p. 290f.:

     quos si Argus servet qui oculeus totus fuit,
     quem quondam Ioni Iuno custodem addidit,
     is numquam servet.

     Why, Argus, who had eyes all over him and was set to guarding Io once by Juno, couldn't ever keep watch on those fellows, not if he tried.

Declension

Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Īō
Genitive	Īūs
Dative	Īō
Accusative	Īō
Ablative	Īō
Vocative	Īō

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Īō Īōn
Genitive	Īōnis
Dative	Īōnī
Accusative	Īōnem
Ablative	Īōne
Vocative	Īō Īōn

See also

• Io (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

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

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Īō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iɔ
• Syllabification: I‧o

Proper noun

Io f (indeclinable)

1. (Greek mythology) Io (daughter of Inachus river god, and a lover of Zeus, turned by the latter into a heifer)
2. Io (third largest moon of Jupiter)

Further reading

• Io in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Io in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Io f

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