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io, interj.. Expressing joy, ho! huzza! hurra!

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

iō!: (interj. of joy), ho, huzza! (of woe), oh! behold! woe is me! 7.400.
ĭō, interj. [ἰώ], expressing joy,
  • ho! huzza! hurra! io hymen hymenaee, io hymen, Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 3 (800); id. Ps. 2, 4, 11 (704): 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 (115): 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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