irio

Kikuyu

Etymology

From kũrĩa (“to eat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ìɾiɔ̌ꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a monosyllabic stem, together with rũkũ, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including baba, guka, gũtũ, mũguĩ, mũtwe, nyamũ, ruo, rũhĩ (pl. hĩ), rũkũ (pl. ngũ), taata (“my aunt”), ũta (pl. mota), ũthiũ (pl. mothiũ), and so on.

Noun

irio class 8

1. food

Derived terms

• irio hĩu itiumaga mbũri

See also

• rĩgu

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Latin

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.ri.oː/, [ˈiːrioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ri.o/, [ˈiːrio]

Noun

īriō m or f (genitive īriōnis); third declension

1. a siliquose plant, probably a member of the genera Barbarea (wintercress or yellow rocket) or Sisymbrium (comprising several species of mustard and rocket)
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:irio.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	īriō	īriōnēs
Genitive	īriōnis	īriōnum
Dative	īriōnī	īriōnibus
Accusative	īriōnem	īriōnēs
Ablative	īriōne	īriōnibus
Vocative	īriō	īriōnēs

Synonyms

• (siliquose plant of Barbarea or Sisymbrium): erysimon, sisymbrium, vela

References

• “īrĭo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• īrĭo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 856/3.
• “Īriō” on page 966/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)