ideo

See also: ideó, ideò, ideo-, and idéo-

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin idea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈdeo/

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• Rhymes: -eo
• Syllabification: i‧de‧o

Noun

ideo (accusative singular ideon, plural ideoj, accusative plural ideojn)

1. idea, thought, concept
2. the conceptual basis of a work of art
3. a concept or opinion one wants to realize, intention, plan
4. (philosophy) Platonic ideal, archetype

Derived terms

• idea (“existing only in the mind; ideal”)
• idearo (“mindset”)
• ideigado (“ideation”)
• interna ideo (“internal idea”)
• samideano (“one who shares a communual idea”)

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto ideo, from English idea, French idée, German Idee, Italian idea, Russian идея (ideja), Spanish idea, and ultimately from Latin idea, from Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa).

Noun

ideo (plural idei)

1. idea

Derived terms

• ideala (“ideal”)
• idealismo (“idealism”)
• idealista (“idealistic”)
• idealisto (“idealist”)
• idealo (“ideal”)
• samideano (“partisan of the same idea or movement”)

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin Idaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰδαῖος (Idaîos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈdɛ.o/
• Rhymes: -ɛo
• Hyphenation: i‧dè‧o

Adjective

ideo (feminine idea, masculine plural idei, feminine plural idee) (literary)

1. (relational) Idaean (of Mount Ida in Crete, especially as an epithet of Zeus)
2. (by extension) Cretan

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.de.o/
• Rhymes: -ideo
• Hyphenation: ì‧de‧o

Adverb

ideo

1. (Latinism) therefore, thus

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.de.o/, (traditional) /iˈdɛ.o/
• Rhymes: -ideo, (traditional) -ɛo
• Hyphenation: ì‧de‧o, (traditional) i‧dè‧o

Verb

ideo

1. first-person singular present indicative of ideare

Anagrams

• -oide

Latin

Etymology

From id +‎ eō, i.e. “this for this”.

Adverb

ideō (not comparable)

1. for that reason, therefore, thus

   Synonyms: eō, hinc, idcircō, propterea

2. and so (ideōque)

Derived terms

• ideōque

References

• “ideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ideo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ideo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• ideo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Spanish

Verb

ideo

1. first-person singular present indicative of idear