Io

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Īō, Iūs, and Īōn, Iōnis, f., = Ἰώ,

a daughter of Inachus , king of Argos , beloved by Jupiter , and changed , through fear of Juno , into a cow; afterwards worshipped as an Egyptian deity , under the name of Isis. —Form Io, Ov. H. 14, 85; Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 17; Ov. M. 1, 588 sq.; Val. Fl. 4, 351 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 145.— Gen. Ius, Nemes. Cyn. 31.— Acc. Io, Ov. M. 1, 588; Amm. 2, 19, 29.— Abl. Io, Prop. 2, 13, 19.—Form Ion; dat. Ioni, Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 20.— Acc. Ionem, Serv. Verg. A. 3, 153.

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