Io
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9.9
- proper noun
- /aɪ.oʊ/
- Literature
- Zeus changed Io back into a woman and sent her to Egypt.
Examples
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I made sure that Io stayed a cow.
Fiction book (2000) -
Suddenly, Io turned into a cow.
Fiction book (2000) -
Might even learn something about Io in the process.
Fiction book (2000) -
There was Zeus chatting it up with Io.
Fiction book (2000) -
Jeff Kleiser and Diane Walczak, who combine high levels of artistic and computer skills, have become sufficiently taken by the "Astronomers" project to name their newborn daughter "Io" in honor of one of the most difficult effects sequences.
Academic text (1991) -
In Greek mythology, Io was loved by Zeus and transformed into a white heifer to protect her from Hera.
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Zeus, enamored by Io, changed her back into a woman and sent her to safety in Egypt.
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According to legend, Io wept as a heifer, and Zeus created beautiful violets from her tears.
Compounds
- US
1
9.4
A large yellow moth with big eye spots on its hind wings whose caterpillars have stinging spines
- Specialized
1
4.6
A machine like a keyboard or monitor that sends data into and out of a computer
- Specialized
A European butterfly with reddish-brown wings and large eye spots often called the peacock butterfly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Io was a woman in Greek myth who was loved by Zeus and was turned into a 'heifer', a young cow, to hide her from Hera, and artists often show her with a cow. That story is why the name Io appears in many old poems, paintings, and the name of the moon.