aio

See also: AIO, -aio, and aîó

Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

aio

1. (deprecated template usage) present indicative connegative of aikoa
2. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present imperative of aikoa
3. (deprecated template usage) second-person singular present imperative connegative of aikoa

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Italian

Noun

aio m (plural ai, feminine aia)

1. tutor, teacher

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Latin

Alternative forms

• aiiō (used in Cicero)
• ajō (used Medievally)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈai̯.i̯oː/, [ˈäi̯ːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.jo/, [ˈäːjo]

Verb

aiō (present infinitive aiere, perfect active ait); third conjugation iō-variant, irregular, highly defective

1. I say, I assert, I say yes, I say no, I affirm, I assent
   • 1826, Stanislaus Julien translating Mencius as Meng Tseu, p. 46:

     Confucius aiebat...

     Confucius said...

   Quid ais?

   What do you say?

Conjugation

Conjugation of aiō (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular, active only, highly defective)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	aiō	ais	ait	—	—	aiunt
	imperfect	aiēbam	aiēbās	aiēbat	aiēbāmus	aiēbātis	aiēbant
	perfect	—	aistī	ait	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	aiās	aiat	—	—	aiant
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ai	—	—	—	—
	future	—	—	—	—	—	—
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		aiere	—	—	—	—	—
participles		aiēns	—	—	—	—	—

Usage notes

• Often written āiō, etc. with long ā before consonantal i, even though the a was in fact pronounced short. The reason for this is that consonantal i was pronounced double and made the syllable long by position, and the macron is an attempt to indicate that.
• Cicero frequently wrote AIIO, AIIUNT, AIIEBANT, etc. to represent the doubled consonantal i. He used the same spelling in MAIIOR (normally maior), EIIUS (normally eius), etc. Other writers sometimes used the same convention, or used the ī longa (tall I), e.g. AꟾO, EꟾUS, or even a combination AIꟾO, EIꟾUS.
• Forms with long ī, including before final t, can be found in Plautus, e.g. aīs, aīt.
• Also in Plautus can be found diphthongal forms such as a͡is (one syllable), a͡it (one syllable), a͡ibam/a͡ibās/a͡ibāt (two syllables), etc.
• Perfect-tense forms aistī, ait are post-Classical.

Synonyms

• (say): inquam, for, dīcō, loquor

Derived terms

• aisne tu (ain' tu)
• quid ais

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^[1], 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)
    

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Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐijo/

Noun

aio

1. yesterday

   Likamwete e kohdo aio.

   Apparently he came yesterday.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ayo (obsolete)

Etymology

From aia (“hired tutoress”), of uncertain origin, possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin avia (“grandmother”) or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰 (hagja, “protector”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaj.u/
• IPA^(key): /ˈaj.o/
• Homophone: alho

Noun

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

1. a hired tutor

See also

• tutor

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Rotokas

Verb

aio

1. eat

Related terms

• aioa
• aiopie

References

• Firchow, Irwin, Firchow, Jacqueline, Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English‎^[2], Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 3