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ĭō , interj. ἰώ, expressing joy,
I.ho! huzza! hurra! io hymen hymenaee, io hymen, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 3; id. Ps. 2, 4, 11: “miles, io, magna voce, triumphe, canet,Tib. 2, 5, 121 (118): “io triumphe!Hor. C. 4, 2, 49: “io, io, liber ad te venio,Plin. Ep. 3, 9.—
II. Expressing pain, oh! ah! io! enicas me miserum, Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 21: “uror, io, remove saeva puella faces!Tib. 2, 4, 6.—
III. Used in a sudden or vehement call, holla! look! quick! io! matres, audite, Verg. A. 7, 400: “io! comites, his retia tendite silvis,Ov. M. 4, 513; id. A. A. 3, 742.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Plautus, Casina, 4.3
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.400
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.513
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 2.4
    • Plautus, Truculentus, 1.2
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 3.9
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