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Etymology

From Ancient Greek φῖ (phî, “the letter Φ”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfio/
• Hyphenation: fi‧o

Noun

fio (accusative singular fion, plural fioj, accusative plural fiojn)

1. phi

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Italian

Noun

fio m (plural fii)

1. retribution
2. penalty

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Latin

Etymology

Passive form of faciō ("to do"). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”). Compare the construction of -bo (i.e. amabo, placebo, nocebo).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.oː/

Verb

present active fīō, present infinitive fierī, perfect active factus sum (semi-deponent)

1. (copulative) I become, am made

   Vos oramus ut discipuli acerrimi fiatis.

   We are begging you so that you might become very keen students.

2. I happen
3. I take place

Inflection

Conjugation of fio (third conjugation iō-variant, irregular long ī, suppletive in the supine stem, semi-deponent)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fīō	fīs	fit	fīmus	fītis	fīunt
	imperfect	fīēbam	fīēbās	fīēbat	fīēbāmus	fīēbātis	fīēbant
	future	fīam	fīēs	fīet	fīēmus	fīētis	fīent
	perfect	factus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	factus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	factus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fīam	fīās	fīat	fīāmus	fīātis	fīant
	imperfect	fierem	fierēs	fieret	fierēmus	fierētis	fierent
	perfect	factus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	factus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fī	—	—	fīte	—
	future	—	fītō	fītō	—	fītōte	fīuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fierī	factus esse	factum īrī	—	—	—
participles		—	factus	—	—	—	—

Verb

fiō

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of faciō

Related terms

• faciō
• fīat lux

Descendants

• Aromanian: escu (in part)
• English: fiat
• Romanian: fi (in part)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese fio, from Latin filum.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.u/
• Hyphenation: fi‧o

Noun

fio m (plural fios)

1. chain
2. thread
3. string
4. wire

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Romansch

Etymology

From Latin ficātum.

Noun

fio m (plural fios)

1. (anatomy, Puter) liver

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) gnirom
• (Surmiran) nirom
• (Puter) gniram
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) dir
• (Surmiran) deir

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Spanish

Verb

fio

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) preterite indicative form of fiar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) preterite indicative form of fiar.