dido

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See also: Dido, ɗiɗo, and DIDO

English

Etymology 1

Unknown. The "trick" sense might come from the trick of Dido, queen of Carthage, who, having bought as much land as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it into thin strips long enough to enclose a spot for a citadel.

Pronunciation

Noun

dido (plural didos or didoes)

  1. (slang, regional) A fuss, a row.
    • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 30:
      I remember Raymond telling me years later how when he lived at home, if his mother heard he had been seen as much as talking to a girl, she would kick up a dido.
  2. A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.
    • 1838, Joseph Clay Neal, Charcoal Sketches; Or, Scenes in a Metropolis, page 201:
      Young people," interposed a passing official, "if you keep a cutting didoes, I must talk to you both like a Dutch uncle.
    • 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 10, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‎, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 55:
      Our youngest uncle, Billy, was not old enough to join in their didoes. One of their more flamboyant escapades has become a proud family legend.

Etymology 2

Adverb

dido (not comparable)

  1. (US) Misspelling of ditto.

Anagrams

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin digitus (“finger”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdido/
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Syllabification: di‧do

Noun

dido m (plural didos)

  1. finger
  2. toe

References

Esperanto

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

dido (accusative singular didon, plural didoj, accusative plural didojn)

  1. dodo (bird)

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dis- +‎ dō (“to give”).

Pronunciation

Verb

dīdō (present infinitive dīdere, perfect active dīdidī, supine dīditum); third conjugation

  1. to give out, spread abroad, disseminate, distribute, scatter

Conjugation

   Conjugation of dīdō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dīdō dīdis dīdit dīdimus dīditis dīdunt
imperfect dīdēbam dīdēbās dīdēbat dīdēbāmus dīdēbātis dīdēbant
future dīdam dīdēs dīdet dīdēmus dīdētis dīdent
perfect dīdidī dīdidistī dīdidit dīdidimus dīdidistis dīdidērunt,
dīdidēre
pluperfect dīdideram dīdiderās dīdiderat dīdiderāmus dīdiderātis dīdiderant
future perfect dīdiderō dīdideris dīdiderit dīdiderimus dīdideritis dīdiderint
passive present dīdor dīderis,
dīdere 		dīditur dīdimur dīdiminī dīduntur
imperfect dīdēbar dīdēbāris,
dīdēbāre 		dīdēbātur dīdēbāmur dīdēbāminī dīdēbantur
future dīdar dīdēris,
dīdēre 		dīdētur dīdēmur dīdēminī dīdentur
perfect dīditus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect dīditus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect dīditus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present dīdam dīdās dīdat dīdāmus dīdātis dīdant
imperfect dīderem dīderēs dīderet dīderēmus dīderētis dīderent
perfect dīdiderim dīdiderīs dīdiderit dīdiderīmus dīdiderītis dīdiderint
pluperfect dīdidissem dīdidissēs dīdidisset dīdidissēmus dīdidissētis dīdidissent
passive present dīdar dīdāris,
dīdāre 		dīdātur dīdāmur dīdāminī dīdantur
imperfect dīderer dīderēris,
dīderēre 		dīderētur dīderēmur dīderēminī dīderentur
perfect dīditus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect dīditus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — dīde — — dīdite —
future — dīditō dīditō — dīditōte dīduntō
passive present — dīdere — — dīdiminī —
future — dīditor dīditor — — dīduntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives dīdere dīdidisse dīditūrum esse dīdī dīditum esse dīditum īrī
participles dīdēns — dīditūrus — dīditus dīdendus,
dīdundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
dīdendī dīdendō dīdendum dīdendō dīditum dīditū

Derived terms

References

  • “dido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “dido”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “dido”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “dido”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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