‘Yolo’: Let’s get real about Latin

There’s a pretend Latin conjugation of yolo floating around. It (probably unfortunately) got me thinking that the word form and conjugation could be improved.footnote 1

The conjugation pattern feels like it should follow that of irregular verbs volo, nolo, and malo — even more so because yolo seems to convey a sense of desire or longing. A Latin version of yolo should also probably begin with an i, as words starting with y are hard to come by.

Without further ado:

Conjugation of iolo, iolle, iolui

infinitive
tense form translation
present iolle to only live once
perfect ioluisse to have only lived once
imperative
number form translation
s. ioli Live only once!
pl. iolite Live only once, y’all!
present indicative
person form translation
1 s. iolo I only live once
2 s. iovis you only live once
3 s. iovult it, she, or he only lives once
1 pl. iolumus we only live once
2 pl. iovultis y’all only live once
3 pl. iolunt they only live once
imperfect indicative
person form translation
1 s. iolebam I was only living once
2 s. iolebas you were only living once
3 s. iolebat it, she, or he was only living once
1 pl. iolebamus we were only living once
2 pl. iolebatis y’all were only living once
3 pl. iolebant they were only living once
future indicative
person form translation
1 s. iolam I will only live once
2 s. ioles you will only live once
3 s. iolet it, she, or he will only live once
1 pl. iolemus we will only live once
2 pl. ioletis y’all will only live once
3 pl. iolent they will only live once
perfect indicative
person form translation
1 s. iolui I only lived once
2 s. ioluisti you only lived once
3 s. ioluit it, she, or he only lived once
1 pl. ioluimus we only lived once
2 pl. ioluistis y’all only lived once
3 pl. ioluerunt they only lived once
pluperfect indicative
person form translation
1 s. iolueram I had only lived once
2 s. iolueras you had only lived once
3 s. ioluerat it, she, or he had only lived once
1 pl. iolueramus we had only lived once
2 pl. iolueratis y’all had only lived once
3 pl. ioluerant they had only lived once
future perfect indicative
person form translation
1 s. ioluero I will have only lived once
2 s. iolueris you will have only lived once
3 s. ioluerit it, she, or he will have only lived once
1 pl. ioluerimus we will have only lived once
2 pl. iolueritis y’all will have only lived once
3 pl. ioluerint they will have only lived once
present subjunctive
person form translation
1 s. iolim May I only live once
2 s. iolis May you only live once
3 s. iolit May it, she, or he only live once
1 pl. iolimus May we only live once
2 pl. iolitis May y’all only live once
3 pl. iolint May they only live once

My ability to translate other subjunctive tenses gets pretty fuzzy, so here they are as a mental exercise:

other subjunctive tenses
person imperfect perfect pluperfect
1 s. iollem ioluerim ioluissem
2 s. iolles iolueris ioluisses
3 s. iollet ioluerit ioluisset
1 pl. iollemus ioluerimus ioluissemus
2 pl. iolletis iolueritis ioluissetis
3 pl. iollent ioluerint ioluissent