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Pronounced ee-O.
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Io of Ovid’s Metamorphoses (8 CE) is of Graeco-Roman origin. From Latin (Īō) EE-o, and Classical Greek Ἰώ (Īṓ) EE-AW.
The etymology for Ἰώ is Pre-Greek. From Ιω (Iô) EE-o. Consisting of the unknown Pre-Indo-European language(s) spoken in prehistoric Greece before the advent of the Proto-Greek language in the Greek peninsula during the Bronze Age.
In Greece, during the Classical Period (5th BCE Attic), it took the pronunciation IPA: /iː.ɔ̌ː/ EE-AW; today, specifically used within the contexts of Classical Greek literature. From 1 CE-15 CE, throughout the Greek peninsula, eventually taking on the pronunciation IPA: /iˈo/ EE-o.
Its decendants are Greek Ιώ (Īó), pronounced ee-O, and Latin Io (Īō), pronounced EE-o.
Modern Greek, which, as pronounced by people in Greece, has two spellings and pronunciations, either Ιω (EE-o) or Ιώ (ee-O).
In Ancient Greek, the ω (omega) vowel is pronounced [o], exactly like omicron. (The reason for the redundancy is to be found in Classic Greek). Long open mid-back [o], as in “law” (British English pronunciation, NOT American English pronunciation).
In Classical Greek, omicron (ο) represented a short /o/ sound, while omega (ω) represented a long /ɔː / sound. By second century BCE, the length distinction was lost in pronunciation, and the two letters came to be pronounced identically. Therefore, in Classical Greek, ⟨ω⟩ represented
[ɔː]; in Modern Greek, ⟨ο, ω⟩ represent [o].
Pronouncing 'Omicron': 'AH-muh-cron' or 'Oh-MY-cr…: https://youtu.be/8VUUnz20X94
As Carl Sagan, American astronomer and science communicator put it, "the word is of Eastern Mediterranean origin and pronounced as the people of the Mediterranean first said the name (EE-o)".
In all Mediterranean and European languages, depending on the language, the name for the Greek naiad nymph, Argive princess, moon-goddess, heroine, and moon of Jupiter is pronounced both EE-o and/or ee-O; with the exception of English, its official pronunciations and that of the moon of Jupiter are EE-o and the British translation EI-o.
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The etymology for Ἰώ is Pre-Greek. From Ιω (Iô) EE-o. Consisting of the unknown Pre-Indo-European language(s) spoken in prehistoric Greece before the advent of the Proto-Greek language in the Greek peninsula during the Bronze Age.
In Greece, during the Classical Period (5th BCE Attic), it took the pronunciation IPA: /iː.ɔ̌ː/ EE-AW; today, specifically used within the contexts of Classical Greek literature. From 1 CE-15 CE, throughout the Greek peninsula, eventually taking on the pronunciation IPA: /iˈo/ EE-o.
Its decendants are Greek Ιώ (Īó), pronounced ee-O, and Latin Io (Īō), pronounced EE-o.
Modern Greek, which, as pronounced by people in Greece, has two spellings and pronunciations, either Ιω (EE-o) or Ιώ (ee-O).
In Ancient Greek, the ω (omega) vowel is pronounced [o], exactly like omicron. (The reason for the redundancy is to be found in Classic Greek). Long open mid-back [o], as in “law” (British English pronunciation, NOT American English pronunciation).
In Classical Greek, omicron (ο) represented a short /o/ sound, while omega (ω) represented a long /ɔː / sound. By second century BCE, the length distinction was lost in pronunciation, and the two letters came to be pronounced identically. Therefore, in Classical Greek, ⟨ω⟩ represented
[ɔː]; in Modern Greek, ⟨ο, ω⟩ represent [o].
Pronouncing 'Omicron': 'AH-muh-cron' or 'Oh-MY-cr…: https://youtu.be/8VUUnz20X94
As Carl Sagan, American astronomer and science communicator put it, "the word is of Eastern Mediterranean origin and pronounced as the people of the Mediterranean first said the name (EE-o)".
In all Mediterranean and European languages, depending on the language, the name for the Greek naiad nymph, Argive princess, moon-goddess, heroine, and moon of Jupiter is pronounced both EE-o and/or ee-O; with the exception of English, its official pronunciations and that of the moon of Jupiter are EE-o and the British translation EI-o.
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In English, the name is pronounced EYE-Oh, at least the moon of Jupiter is pronounced this way. I think it is beautiful, but only when pronounced like this.
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Pronounced "yo".
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