Clio

Translingual

Etymology

From the Latin Clīō (the name of a Nereid).

Proper noun

Clio f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cliidae – small floating sea snails, pelagic marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.

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English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Κλειώ (Kleiṓ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklaɪ.oʊ/, /ˈkliːoʊ/

Proper noun

Clio

  1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of history and heroic poetry, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.
  2. (astronomy) 84 Klio, a main belt asteroid.
  3. A female given name.
  4. A model of car manufactured by Renault.
    Fred loved to take his Clio for a spin.
  5. A city in Alabama
  6. A city in Iowa
  7. A city in Michigan
  8. A town in South Carolina

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Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κλειώ (Kleiṓ).

Proper noun

Clio f

  1. (Greek mythology) Clio
  2. A female given name

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλειώ (Kleiṓ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Clīō f (genitive Clīūs); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Clio, three figures:
    1. the Muse of history and epic poetry
    2. a Nereid
    3. an Oceanid

Declension

Third declension from Greek.

Number Singular
nominative Clīō
genitive Clīūs
dative Clīō
accusative Clīō
ablative Clīō
vocative Clīō

Descendants

  • Translingual: Clio (generic name)

References

  • Clīo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Clīō in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 328/1
  • Clīō” on page 337/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Clio f

  1. (Greek mythology) Clio (the Muse of history and heroic poetry)
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