Dido

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See also: dido and ɗiɗo

English

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dido

  1. (Greek mythology) Founder and first Queen of Carthage.

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δῑδώ (Dīdṓ).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dīdō f sg (variously declined, genitive Dīdūs or Dīdōnis); fourth declension, third declension

  1. Dido (legendary foundress and queen of Carthage)

Declension

Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō), singular only.
Case Singular
Nominative Dīdō
Genitive Dīdūs
Dative Dīdō
Accusative Dīdō
Dīdūn
Dīdōn
Ablative —
Vocative Dīdō
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case Singular
Nominative Dīdō
Genitive Dīdōnis
Dative Dīdōnī
Accusative Dīdōnem
Ablative Dīdōne
Vocative Dīdō

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)

Descendants

  • French: Didon
  • Italian: Didone
  • Spanish: Didón
  • Slovak: Dido
  • Ukrainian: Дідо́на (Didóna)

See also

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
  1. ^ “2. Dīdō”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  2. ^ Friedrich Neue, Formenlehre der Lateinischen Sprache. Erster Theil, Stuttgart, 1866, p. 310.

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin Dīdō.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Dido f (genitive singular Didóny, declension pattern of žena)

  1. (Greek mythology) Dido

Declension

Declension of Dido
singulare tantum
nominative Dido
genitive Didóny
dative Didóne
accusative Didónu
locative Didóne
instrumental Didónou
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