clio

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Cli=o

CIDE DICTIONARY

clio, n. [L., fr. Gr. the proclaimer, fr. to call, tell of, make famous.].

 The Muse who presided over history.  [1913 Webster]

DEVIL DICTIONARY

clio

n. One of the nine Muses. Clio's function was to preside over history -- which she did with great dignity, many of the prominent citizens of Athens occupying seats on the platform, the meetings being addressed by Messrs. Xenophon, Herodotus and other popular speakers.

THESAURUS

clio

Calliope, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Muse of history, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, adventures, annals, artistic imagination, autobiography, biographical sketch, biography, case history, chronicle, chronicles, chronology, conception, confessions, creative imagination, creative power, creative thought, curriculum vitae, diary, esemplastic imagination, esemplastic power, experiences, fortunes, genius, hagiography, hagiology, historiography, history, inspiration, journal, legend, life, life and letters, life story, martyrology, memoir, memoirs, memorabilia, memorial, memorials, muse, mythicization, mythification, mythopoeia, necrology, obituary, photobiography, poetic imagination, profile, record, resume, shaping imagination, story, theory of history

ROGET THESAURUS

clio

Description

N description, account, statement, report, expose, specification, particulars, state of facts, summary of facts, brief, return, catalogue raisonne, guidebook, delineation, sketch, monograph, minute account, detailed particular account, circumstantial account, graphic account, narration, recital, rehearsal, relation, historiography, chronography, historic Muse, Clio, history, biography, autobiography, necrology, obituary, narrative, history, memoir, memorials, annals, saga, tradition, legend, story, tale, historiette, personal narrative, journal, life, adventures, fortunes, experiences, confessions, anecdote, ana, trait, work of fiction, novel, romance, Minerva press, fairy tale, nursery tale, fable, parable, apologue, dime novel, penny dreadful, shilling shocker relator, raconteur, historian, biographer, fabulist, novelist, descriptive, graphic, narrative, epic, suggestive, well-drawn, historic, traditional, traditionary, legendary, anecdotic, storied, described, furor scribendi.