Dido
English edit
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Dido
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founder of Carthage
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δῑδώ (Dīdṓ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.doː/, [ˈd̪iːd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.do/, [ˈd̪iːd̪o]
Proper noun edit
Dīdō f sg (variously declined, genitive Dīdūs or Dīdōnis); fourth declension, third declension
- Dido (legendary foundress and queen of Carthage)
Declension edit
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 edit
- (Dido: legendary foundress and queen of Carthage): Elissa (poetic)
Descendants edit
See also edit
- Sȳ̆chaeus (Dido’s husband)
References edit
- “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 edit
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Dido f (genitive singular Didóny, declension pattern of žena)