"aio" meaning in Latin

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Verb

IPA: [ˈaj.joː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈaː.jo] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ǵyéti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ- (“to say”). Cognate with adā̆gium, prōdigium, Ancient Greek ἠμί (ēmí, “to say”), Old Armenian ասեմ (asem, “to say”), and Proto-Tocharian *āks- (“to announce, proclaim, instruct”). See also negō. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:inh|itc-pro:*agjō|id=say}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*agjō}} Proto-Italic *agjō, {{inh|la|ine-pro||*h₁ǵyéti}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁ǵyéti, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*h₁eǵ-||to say}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ- (“to say”), {{cog|grc|ἠμί||to say}} Ancient Greek ἠμί (ēmí, “to say”), {{cog|xcl|ասեմ||to say}} Old Armenian ասեմ (asem, “to say”), {{cog|ine-toc-pro|*āks-||to announce, proclaim, instruct}} Proto-Tocharian *āks- (“to announce, proclaim, instruct”) Head templates: {{la-verb|irreg|aiō}} aiō (present infinitive aiere, perfect active ait); third (-iō variant) conjugation, highly defective, no passive, no supine stem, no gerund Inflection templates: {{la-conj|irreg|aiō}} Forms: aiō [canonical], highly defective [canonical], no passive [canonical], no gerund [canonical], aiere [infinitive, present], ait [active, perfect], no-supine [table-tags], aiō [active, first-person, indicative, present, singular], ais [active, indicative, present, second-person, singular], ait [active, indicative, present, singular, third-person], - [active, first-person, indicative, plural, present], aitis [active, indicative, plural, present, second-person], aiunt [active, indicative, plural, present, third-person], aiēbam [active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], aiēbās [active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], aiēbat [active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], aiēbāmus [active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], aiēbātis [active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], aiēbant [active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], - [active, first-person, indicative, perfect, singular], aistī [active, indicative, perfect, second-person, singular], ait [active, indicative, perfect, singular, third-person], - [active, first-person, indicative, perfect, plural], - [active, indicative, perfect, plural, second-person], aiērunt [active, indicative, perfect, plural, third-person], aiēre [active, indicative, perfect, plural, third-person], aiam [active, first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], aiās [active, present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], aiat [active, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], - [active, first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], - [active, plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], aiant [active, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], - [active, first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], - [active, imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], aieret [active, imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], - [active, first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], - [active, imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], - [active, imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], - [active, first-person, imperative, present, singular], ai [active, imperative, present, second-person, singular], - [active, imperative, present, singular, third-person], - [active, first-person, imperative, plural, present], - [active, imperative, plural, present, second-person], - [active, imperative, plural, present, third-person], aiere [active, infinitive, present], - [infinitive, passive, present], aiēns [active, participle, present], - [participle, passive, present], ajō [alternative], aiiō [alternative], aijō [alternative]
  1. to say, speak, assert, say “yes”, affirm (also in reply) Tags: conjugation-3, no-supine Synonyms: affirmō, firmō, adnuō, contendō, arguō, fīgō
    Sense id: en-aio-la-verb-4gnS7gBf Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin verbs with missing gerund, Latin verbs with missing supine stem, Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of Latin verbs with missing gerund: 57 43 Disambiguation of Latin verbs with missing supine stem: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 58 42
  2. to say, argue Tags: conjugation-3, no-supine Synonyms: inquam, dīcō, effor, ōrō, alloquor, loquor, for
    Sense id: en-aio-la-verb-43DFZo1X
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ain' tū? (english: aisne tū?; for), quid ais?, Āius Locūtius
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "ain' tū?"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "form": "ajō",
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      "form": "aiiō",
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      "form": "aijō",
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "negō"
        },
        {
          "word": "renuō"
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        {
          "word": "recūsō"
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        {
          "word": "abnuō"
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          "english": "Confucius said...",
          "ref": "Stanislaus Julien translating Mencius as Meng Tseu, p. 46",
          "text": "Cōnfūcius aiēbat...",
          "translation": "Confucius said...",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "english": "“Are you making fun of me?“, she says, “Are you stupid? Who asked you to...?“",
          "ref": "16 BCE, Ovid, The Loves 3.7.77",
          "text": "‘Quid mē lūdis?’, ait, ‘Quis tē, male sāne, iubēbat...?",
          "translation": "“Are you making fun of me?“, she says, “Are you stupid? Who asked you to...?“",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "english": "(to the slave) […] “There's your reward: you aren't being flogged,” I reply.",
          "ref": "20 BCE – 14 BCE, Horace, Epistles 1.16",
          "text": "[…] servus, ‘habēs pretium, lōrīs nōn ūreris,’ aiō.",
          "translation": "(to the slave) […] “There's your reward: you aren't being flogged,” I reply.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "english": "So speaks [Iris], and with her right hand she cuts the lock of hair [from Dido’s head].\n(“Sic ait” in the Aeneid: cf. 1.142, 2.296, 3.189, 5.365, 9.749, 11.520.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.704",
          "text": "Sīc ait, et dextrā crīnem secat ….",
          "translation": "So speaks [Iris], and with her right hand she cuts the lock of hair [from Dido’s head].\n(“Sic ait” in the Aeneid: cf. 1.142, 2.296, 3.189, 5.365, 9.749, 11.520.)",
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          "speak",
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          "assert",
          "assert"
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        [
          "yes",
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          "affirm",
          "affirm"
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          "word": "affirmō"
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          "word": "firmō"
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        {
          "word": "adnuō"
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        {
          "word": "contendō"
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        {
          "word": "arguō"
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          "word": "fīgō"
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          "word": "inquam"
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        {
          "word": "dīcō"
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        {
          "word": "effor"
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        {
          "word": "ōrō"
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          "word": "alloquor"
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          "word": "loquor"
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          "word": "for"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaj.joː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaː.jo]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aio"
}
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    {
      "english": "aisne tū?; for",
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "*h₁ǵyéti"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁eǵ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to say"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἠμί",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to say"
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ասեմ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to say"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ine-toc-pro",
        "2": "*āks-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to announce, proclaim, instruct"
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      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ǵyéti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵ- (“to say”).\nCognate with adā̆gium, prōdigium, Ancient Greek ἠμί (ēmí, “to say”), Old Armenian ասեմ (asem, “to say”), and Proto-Tocharian *āks- (“to announce, proclaim, instruct”). See also negō.",
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    },
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      "tags": [
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        "canonical"
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        "canonical"
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        "active",
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      "form": "no-supine",
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      "form": "la-conj",
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        "present"
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        "present",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "aiēbat",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "aiēbāmus",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "aiēbātis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "aiēbant",
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        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aistī",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ait",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiērunt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiēre",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiās",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
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      "tags": [
        "active",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiant",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "aieret",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
      "form": "-",
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        "active",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "-",
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        "active",
        "first-person",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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      "form": "ai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "-",
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        "active",
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        "singular",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "-",
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        "active",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative",
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        "present",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "aiere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
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      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiēns",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ajō",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aiiō",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aijō",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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      "args": {
        "1": "irreg",
        "2": "aiō"
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      "expansion": "aiō (present infinitive aiere, perfect active ait); third (-iō variant) conjugation, highly defective, no passive, no supine stem, no gerund",
      "name": "la-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "irreg",
        "2": "aiō"
      },
      "name": "la-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "negō"
        },
        {
          "word": "renuō"
        },
        {
          "word": "recūsō"
        },
        {
          "word": "abnuō"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Confucius said...",
          "ref": "Stanislaus Julien translating Mencius as Meng Tseu, p. 46",
          "text": "Cōnfūcius aiēbat...",
          "translation": "Confucius said...",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "“Are you making fun of me?“, she says, “Are you stupid? Who asked you to...?“",
          "ref": "16 BCE, Ovid, The Loves 3.7.77",
          "text": "‘Quid mē lūdis?’, ait, ‘Quis tē, male sāne, iubēbat...?",
          "translation": "“Are you making fun of me?“, she says, “Are you stupid? Who asked you to...?“",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(to the slave) […] “There's your reward: you aren't being flogged,” I reply.",
          "ref": "20 BCE – 14 BCE, Horace, Epistles 1.16",
          "text": "[…] servus, ‘habēs pretium, lōrīs nōn ūreris,’ aiō.",
          "translation": "(to the slave) […] “There's your reward: you aren't being flogged,” I reply.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "So speaks [Iris], and with her right hand she cuts the lock of hair [from Dido’s head].\n(“Sic ait” in the Aeneid: cf. 1.142, 2.296, 3.189, 5.365, 9.749, 11.520.)",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.704",
          "text": "Sīc ait, et dextrā crīnem secat ….",
          "translation": "So speaks [Iris], and with her right hand she cuts the lock of hair [from Dido’s head].\n(“Sic ait” in the Aeneid: cf. 1.142, 2.296, 3.189, 5.365, 9.749, 11.520.)",
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        "to say, speak, assert, say “yes”, affirm (also in reply)"
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        [
          "say",
          "say"
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        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ],
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          "assert",
          "assert"
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        [
          "yes",
          "yes"
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          "affirm",
          "affirm"
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        {
          "word": "affirmō"
        },
        {
          "word": "firmō"
        },
        {
          "word": "adnuō"
        },
        {
          "word": "contendō"
        },
        {
          "word": "arguō"
        },
        {
          "word": "fīgō"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-3",
        "no-supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to say, argue"
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      "links": [
        [
          "say",
          "say"
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        [
          "argue",
          "argue"
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      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "inquam"
        },
        {
          "word": "dīcō"
        },
        {
          "word": "effor"
        },
        {
          "word": "ōrō"
        },
        {
          "word": "alloquor"
        },
        {
          "word": "loquor"
        },
        {
          "word": "for"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "conjugation-3",
        "no-supine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaj.joː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaː.jo]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aio"
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: -iō variant",
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  "section": "Latin",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "aio",
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