Io

Note: This is uppercase i, not lowercase L.

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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.

• (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

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

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• 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

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

Io f

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

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

• (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

• (genus of plant): Io ambondrombeensis – sole species

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

Borrowed from Latin Io, from Ancient Greek Ἰώ (Iṓ).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪəʊ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪoʊ/
• Rhymes: -aɪəʊ

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

• Io moth
• Ionian
• Ioan

• -oi, OI, Oi, oi, oi!

From Ancient Greek Ἰώ (Iṓ).

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

Io f

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

• Īōn

From Ancient Greek Ἰώ (Iṓ).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiː.o]

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.

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

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Io (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• “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.

Learned borrowing from Latin Īō.

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.ɔ/

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• Rhymes: -iɔ
• Syllabification: I‧o

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)

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

Io f

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

Borrowed from English Io, from Latin Iō, from Ancient Greek Ἰώ (Iṓ).

Io m

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