Clio
Translingual
Proper noun
Clio f
Hyponyms
- (genus): Clio andreae, Clio antarctica, Clio bartletti, Clio campylura, Clio chaptalii, Clio convexa convexa, Clio convexa cyphosa, Clio cuspidata, Clio oblonga, Clio orthotheca, Clio piatkowskii, Clio polita, Clio pyramidata (type species)
English
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Κλειώ (Kleiṓ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklaɪ.oʊ/, /ˈkliːoʊ/
Proper noun
Clio
- (Greek mythology) The goddess of history and heroic poetry, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.
- (astronomy) 84 Klio, a main belt asteroid.
- A female given name.
- A model of car manufactured by Renault.
- Fred loved to take his Clio for a spin.
- A city in Alabama
- A city in Iowa
- A city in Michigan
- A town in South Carolina
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania
Italian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κλειώ (Kleiṓ).
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κλειώ (Kleiṓ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkliː.oː/
Proper noun
Clīō f (genitive Clīūs); third declension
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)
Further reading
Clio (Musa) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la Clio (Nereis) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la Oceanides on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
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