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eo.

to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.)

2 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈe.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈɛː.o]
  1. to go, to fare, to move (oneself) (any kind of animate or inanimate motion: walk, ride, sail, fly, etc.)

    impersonal · intransitive
    obviam ire alicui
    Rōmānī īte domum!
  2. to advance, to proceed, to progress; to go forth, to move forward, to move onward

    impersonal
  3. to proceed; to carry on, to go on, to keep going, to move along, to move on

    impersonal
  4. to result, to follow (to happen as a consequence)

    impersonal
  5. to prepare, to set about (doing something)

    impersonal
  6. to aim, to intend, to mean

    impersonal
  7. to accede, to cross over (to go over to the opposing opinion or other side in voting)

    impersonal
  8. to go for; to be sold at (a certain price)

    impersonal
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti Proto-Italic *ejō Proto-Italic *eō Latin eō Inherited from Proto-Italic *eō, from earlier *ejō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti.

adv
  1. there, in that place

    Late-Latin · nonstandard · not-comparable
  2. therefore, because, for that reason

    Late-Latin · nonstandard · not-comparable
  3. so much, to such a degree. (= tantō...quantō)

    Late-Latin · nonstandard · not-comparable
  4. to that place, thither

    Late-Latin · nonstandard · not-comparable · with-dative
  5. to that end, with that purpose

    Late-Latin · nonstandard · not-comparable · with-dative
  6. until, so long, up to that time

    Late-Latin · nonstandard · not-comparable · with-dative
Where this word comes from

Declined from is. Sometimes it stands as if for eō tempore/locō ("in that time/place"), sometimes as if for eō modō ("that way"). Compare eā.

pron/ˈɛo/
  1. alternative form of ego (attested in the 6th c. AD; see also the pagan inscription quoted below)

    Late-Latin · alt-of · alternative · nonstandard
pron
  1. ablative masculine/neuter singular of is

    Late-Latin · ablative · form-of · masculine · neuter · nonstandard · singular
Where this word comes from

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