Ἰώ

See also: Ιώ, ἰώ, ἰῶ, ἰῷ, ἱῶ, ἴω, ἴῳ, and Appendix:Variations of "io"

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pre-Greek .

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iː.ɔ̌ː/ → /iˈo/ → /iˈo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /iː.ɔ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈo/

Proper noun

Ῑ̓ώ • (Īṓ) f (genitive Ἰοῦς); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Io

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ῑ̓ώ; τῆς Ῑ̓οῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ῑ̓ώ hē Īṓ
Genitive	τῆς Ῑ̓οῦς tês Īoûs
Dative	τῇ Ῑ̓οῖ tēî Īoî
Accusative	τὴν Ῑ̓ώ tḕn Īṓ
Vocative	Ῑ̓οῖ Īoî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιώ (Ió)
• Latin: Īō

References

• “Ἰώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἰώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers