Dido
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdaɪdəʊ/
- Rhymes: -aɪdəʊ
- Homophone: dydoe
Derived terms
- Didonian
- Didoan
Translations
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δῑδώ (Dīdṓ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.doː/, [ˈd̪iːd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.do/, [ˈd̪iːd̪o]
Proper noun
Dīdō f sg (variously declined, genitive Dīdūs or Dīdōnis); fourth declension, third declension
- Dido (legendary foundress and queen of Carthage)
Declension
Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō), singular only.
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Third-declension noun, singular only.
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Note: The form Dīdō and the interpretation of it as dative in Macrobius' Saturnalia 5, 2, 14 is dubious. Lewis and Short mention an alternative reading Didoni,[1] while Friedrich Neue states it's an accusative and not a dative.[2]
Synonyms
- (Dido: legendary foundress and queen of Carthage): Elissa (poetic)
See also
- Sȳ̆chaeus (Dido’s husband)
References
- “2. Dīdō”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 2 Dīdō in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “522/2”
- “Dīdō²” on page 538/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- “Dido”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “Dido”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “2. Dīdō”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Friedrich Neue, Formenlehre der Lateinischen Sprache. Erster Theil, Stuttgart, 1866, p. 310.
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdidɔ]
Declension
Declension of Dido
singulare tantum | |
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nominative | Dido |
genitive | Didóny |
dative | Didóne |
accusative | Didónu |
locative | Didóne |
instrumental | Didónou |
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