imo

imo

1. Alternative form of IMO.

• satsuma imo

• IOM, MOI, Mio, mo'i, moi, omi

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *imu.

imo

1. you

• imoha

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔimo/
• Hyphenation: i‧mo

imo

1. you (2nd person singular preposed ergative form)
2. (in the singular) yours

imo

1. (slang, humorous) one's genitalia

imo

1. (in the singular) your

• IPA^(key): /ˈi.mo/
• Rhymes: -imo
• Hyphenation: ì‧mo

From Latin īmus, superlative form of īnferus (“low”, “deep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *n̥dʰér.

imo (feminine ima, masculine plural imi, feminine plural ime) (obsolete, poetic)

1. (literal) located in the lowest or innermost part
2. (by extension) low, deep

   Synonym: infero

   • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Pommi ove 'l sole occide i fiori et l'erba”, in Il Canzoniere, Andrea Bettini, published 1858, p.143):

     Ponm' in cielo od in terra od in abisso, ¶ in alto poggio, in valle ima e palustre, ¶ libero spirto, od a' suoi membri affisso; [...]

     Set me in heaven, on earth, or in the depths, ¶ on a high hill, or in a deep marshy vale, ¶ a spirit freed, or imprisoned in its limbs;

   • 1850, Giosuè Carducci, “La selva primitiva” (Juvenilia, Poesie, Nicola Zanichelli (1906), p. 109, Libro LVII), vv. 43-44:

     [...] un tremor gelido ¶ per l'ossa ime gli corse; e s'atterrava, ¶ e gemea [...]

     a freezing chill ¶ ran through his deep bones; and he dropped ¶ and wailed

3. (figurative) of a low social status (of people)
   • 1581, Torquato Tasso, Gerusalemme liberata, Erasmo Viotti, p.222, Canto IX:

     Miete i vili, e i potenti: e i più sublimi ¶ e più superbi capi adegua agl’imi.

     It breaks vile and mighty alike: and makes the noblest ¶ and proudest leaders one with the lowest.

4. (rare, figurative) inappropriate, vulgar, uncouth (of things)

• inferiore
• infero
• infimo

From Latin īmum, substantivization of the neuter form of īmus (“lowest”, “deepest”).

imo m (plural imi)

1. (obsolete) bottom; base

   Synonyms: (more common) base, (more common) fondo

   Antonyms: apice, culmine, sommità, vetta

   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XXIX, p. 430, vv. 37-39:

     Così parlammo infino al loco primo ¶ che dello scoglio l'altra valle mostra, ¶ se più lume vi fosse, tutto ad imo.

     Thus did we speak as far as the first place ¶ upon the crag, which the next valley shows ¶ down to the bottom, if there were more light.

• mio, mio-

imo

1. Rōmaji transcription of いも

Variant form.

imō (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of immō
   • c. 405, Saint Jerome, Epistola 106:

     Quis hoc crederet, ut barbara Getarum lingua Hebraicam quaereret veritatem; et dormitantibus, imo contendentibus Graecis, ipsa Germania Spiritus Sancti eloquia scrutaretur!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

īmō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of īmus

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

īmō n

1. dative/ablative singular of īmum (“bottom, base”)

• “imo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “imo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• imo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Regularised form.

imo

1. (proscribed, Caipira) first-person plural future indicative of ir

imo (i-ova class, plural ovamo)

1. belly

From Proto-Finnic *himo.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈimo/,
• Rhymes: -imo
• Hyphenation: i‧mo

imo

1. wish, desire
2. appetite

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “imo”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn