aio

See also: AIO, -aio, and aîó

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɑijo̞]
  • Hyphenation: ai‧o

Verb

aio

  1. Present indicative connegative form of aikoa.
  2. Second-person singular imperative form of aikoa.
  3. Second-person singular imperative connegative form of aikoa.

Italian

Noun

aio m (plural ai) - feminine aia

  1. tutor, teacher

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ǵyéti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ- (“to say”).

Cognate with Latin adagium, prōdigium, Ancient Greek ἠμί (ēmí, “to say”), Old Armenian ասեմ (asem, “to say”), and Proto-Tocharian *āks- (“to announce, proclaim, instruct”). See also negō.

Pronunciation

Verb

aiō (present infinitive aiere); third conjugation iō-variant, defective

  1. I say, I assert, I say yes, I say no, I affirm, I assent
    Quid ais?
    What do you say?

Inflection

   Conjugation of aio (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular, active only, highly defective)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present āiō, aiiō āis, ais ait — — āiunt, aiiunt
imperfect aiēbam, āībam aiēbās, āībās aiēbat, āībat aiēbāmus, āībāmus aiēbātis, āībātis aiēbant, āībant
perfect — aistī ait — — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — āiās āiat — — āiant
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — aï — — — —
future — — — — — —
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives āiere — — — — —
participles aiēns — — — — —

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • aio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to do a thing which is not one's vocation, which goes against the grain: adversante et repugnante natura or invitā Minervā (ut aiunt) aliquid facere (Off. 1. 31. 110)
    • as the proverb says: ut or quod or quomodo aiunt, ut or quemadmodum dicitur
    • (ambiguous) as Homer sings (not canit): ut ait Homerus
    • (ambiguous) as Cicero says: ut ait Cicero (always in this order)

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɐijo/

Noun

aio

  1. yesterday
    Likamwete e kohdo aio.
    Apparently he came yesterday.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • ayo (obsolete)

Etymology

From aia (“hired tutoress”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Latin avia (“grandmother”) or Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰 (hagja, “protector”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aio m (plural aios, feminine aia, feminine plural aias)

  1. a hired tutor

See also

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