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English

Prepositional phrase

imo

1. Alternative form of IMO.

Anagrams

• IOM, MOI, Mio, mo'i, moi, omi

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• imoha

Pronoun

imo

1. you (2nd person singular preposed ergative form)
2. (in the singular) yours
3. (slang, humorous) one's genitalia

See also

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.mo/
• Rhymes: -imo
• Hyphenation: ì?mo

Etymology 1

From Latin ?mus, superlative form of ?nferus (“low”, “deep”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *n?d?ér.

Adjective

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

1. (literally) 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” (Il Canzoniere, Andrea Bettini (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. (figuratively, of people) of a low social status
   • 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, figuratively, of things) inappropriate, vulgar, uncouth

Related terms

• inferiore
• infero
• infimo

Etymology 2

From Latin ?mum, substantivization of the neuter form of ?mus (“lowest”, “deepest”).

Noun

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 (1994), Canto XXIX, p. 430, vv. 37-39:

Anagrams

• mio

Japanese

Romanization

imo

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Etymology 1

Variant form.

Adverb

im? (not comparable)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

?m?

1. dative masculine singular of ?mus
2. dative neuter singular of ?mus
3. ablative masculine singular of ?mus
4. ablative neuter singular of ?mus

References

• 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

Portuguese

Etymology

Regularised form.

Verb

imo

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

Umbundu

Noun

imo (i-ova class, plural ovamo)

1. belly

English

Alternative forms

• exemplifie

Etymology

From Medieval Latin exemplificare, from Latin exemplum (“example”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???z?mpl?fa?/, /???z?mpl?fa?/

Verb

exemplify (third-person singular simple present exemplifies, present participle exemplifying, simple past and past participle exemplified)

1. (transitive) To show or illustrate by example.
2. (transitive) To be an instance of or serve as an example.
3. (transitive) To make an attested copy or transcript of (a document) under seal.
4. (transitive) To prove by such an attested copy or transcript.

Translations

Further reading

• “exemplify”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.