fio

See also: fío and fi'o

Catalan

Verb

fio

1. first-person singular present indicative form of fiar

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Esperanto

Greek Alphabet
Φφ
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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

Etymology

From Old French fieu (“fief”), from Frankish *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”).

Noun

fio m (plural fii)

1. retribution
2. penalty

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *fuiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”). Compare with fuī, originally the perfect of this verb but now attached to sum (“to be”); and constructions with -bō, -bam (e.g. amābō, placēbō, nocēbō, monēbam, audiēbam).

The past participle is that of the unrelated verb faciō (“I make, do”). In Latin faciō and fīō were treated as the active and passive equivalents of each other, leading to suppletion.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.oː/

Verb

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

1. (copulative) I become, am made

   Vos oramus ut discipuli acerrimi fiatis.

   We are begging you so that you may 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	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		fierī	fiendī	fiendō	fiendum	factum	factū

Verb

fiō

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of faciō

Related terms

• faciō
• fīat lūx

Descendants

• Aromanian: hiu, escu, hiri (in part)
• → English: fiat
• Italian: fire
• Romanian: fi, fire (in part)

References

• fio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “fio” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the vegetable kingdom: arbores stirpesque, herbae stirpesque (De Fin. 5. 11. 33)
    
  • the world of sense, the visible world: res sensibus or oculis subiectae (De Fin. 5. 12. 36)
    
  • what is the use of: quid attinet? with Infin.
    
  • those ideas have long ago been given up: illae sententiae iam pridem explosae et eiectae sunt (Fin. 5. 8. 23)
    
  • to give lectures: scholas habere, explicare (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
    
  • subtleties of logic; dilemmas: disserendi spinae (Fin. 4. 28. 79)
    
  • premises; consequences: prima (superiora); consequentia (Fin. 4. 19. 54)
    
  • to let those present fix any subject they like for discussion: ponere iubere, qua de re quis audire velit (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
    
  • to get a question submitted to one: quaestionem poscere (Fin. 2. 1. 1)
    
  • native tongue; vernacular: sermo patrius (Fin. 1. 2. 4)
    
  • to dedicate a book to some one: librum mittere ad aliquem (Fin. 1. 3. 8)
    
  • kindheartedness: bonitas (Fin. 5. 29. 65)
    
  • to be blinded by passions: cupiditatibus occaecari (Fin. 1. 10. 33)
    
  • meagre diet: victus tenuis (Fin. 2. 28. 90)
    
  • the main dish: caput cenae (Fin. 2. 8. 25)
    
  • to live in solitude: in solitudine vivere (Fin. 3. 20. 65)
    
  • an anecdote: narratiuncula, fabella (Fin. 5. 15)
    
  • to prescribe in one's will: testamento aliquid cavere (Fin. 2. 31)
    
  • banished from public life: gerendis negotiis orbatus (Fin. 5. 20. 57)
    
  • the senate decrees to Africanus the honours of a triumph: triumphum senatus Africano decernit (Fin. 4. 9. 22)
    
  • (ambiguous) to meet some one by chance: obvium or obviam esse, obviam fieri
    
  • (ambiguous) what will become of him: quid illo fiet?
    
  • (ambiguous) to become known, become a topic of common conversation (used of things): foras efferri, palam fieri, percrebrescere, divulgari, in medium proferri, exire, emanare
    
  • (ambiguous) to be the talk of the town, a scandal: fabulam fieri
    
  • (ambiguous) to become famous, distinguish oneself: clarum fieri, nobilitari, illustrari (not the post-classical clarescere or inclarescere
    
  • (ambiguous) what will become of me: quid (de) me fiet? (Ter. Heaut. 4. 3. 37)
    
  • (ambiguous) to have to pay a vow; to obtain one's wish: voti damnari, compotem fieri
    
  • (ambiguous) what is going on? how are you getting on: quid agitur? quid fit?
    
  • (ambiguous) as usually happens: ut fit, ita ut fit, ut fere fit
    
  • (ambiguous) as usually happens: ut solet, ut fieri solet
    
  • (ambiguous) the price of corn is going down: annona laxatur, levatur, vilior fit
    
  • (ambiguous) what is your opinion: quid de ea re fieri placet?
    
  • (ambiguous) a resolution of the senate (not opposed by a tribunicial veto) was made: senatus consultum fit (Att. 2. 24. 3)
    
  • (ambiguous) some one is accused: aliquis reus fit (Fam. 13. 54)
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 146

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese fio, from Latin fīlum, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fio m (plural fios)

1. (textiles) thread
2. string
3. (jewellery) chain
4. (electronics) wire

Derived terms

• afiar
• fio condutor
• fio da navalha
• fio de água
• fio dental

Related terms

• fiar
• afilar

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Romansch

Etymology

From Late Latin fīcātum (“liver”), from Latin iecur fīcātum (“fig-stuffed liver”).

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.