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Webster 1913 Edition


Dido

Di′do

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Didos
.
A shrewd trick; an antic; a caper.
To cut a dido
,
to play a trick; to cut a caper; – perhaps so called from the trick of Dido, who having bought so much land as a hide would cover, is said to have cut it into thin strips long enough to inclose a spot for a citadel.

Definition 2024


Dido

Dido

See also: dido and ɗiɗo

English

Proper noun

Dido

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

Derived terms

Translations


Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Δῑδώ (Dīdṓ)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

  1. Dido (legendary foundress and queen of Carthage)

Declension

Irregular.
Number Singular
nominative Dīdō
genitive Dīdūs
dative Dīdō
accusative Dīdō
Dīdūn
Dīdōn
ablative
vocative
Third declension.
Case Singular
nominative Dīdō
genitive Dīdōnis
dative Dīdōnī
accusative Dīdōnem
ablative Dīdōne
vocative Dīdō

Synonyms

  • (Dido: legendary foundress and queen of Carthage): Elissa (poetic)

See also

  • Sȳ̆chaeus (Dido’s husband)

Descendants

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Slovak

Etymology

From Latin Dido.

Proper noun

Dido f (genitive Didóny) declension pattern žena

  1. (Greek mythology) Dido

Declension

dido

dido

See also: Dido and ɗiɗo

English

Noun

dido (plural didos or didoes)

  1. (slang, regional) A fuss, a row.
    • 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York 2007, p. 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.
    to cut a dido
    • 1838, Joseph Clay Neal, Charcoal Sketches; Or, Scenes in a Metropolis, p. 201
      Young people," interposed a passing official, " if you keep a cutting didoes, I must talk to you both like a Dutch uncle.

Etymology 2

Adverb

dido (not comparable)

  1. (US) Misspelling of ditto.

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin digitus (finger).

Noun

dido ?

  1. finger

Esperanto

Noun

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

  1. dodo (bird)

Alternative forms


Latin

Etymology

From dis- + *dō.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

Inflection

   Conjugation of dido (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 dīditūrus esse dīdī dīditus esse dīditum īrī
participles dīdēns dīditūrus dīditus dīdendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
dīdere dīdendī dīdendō dīdendum dīditum dīditū

Derived terms

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