dido

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪdəʊ/
• Rhymes: -aɪdəʊ

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.

   • 1969, Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, 1971, Chapter 10, p. 55,^[1]

     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

• doid

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin digitus (“finger”).

Noun

dido m (plural didos)

1. finger
2. toe

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “dido”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Esperanto

Alternative forms

• dodo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdido]
• Rhymes: -ido
• Hyphenation: di‧do

Noun

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

1. dodo (bird)

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ dō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.doː/, [ˈd̪iːd̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.do/, [ˈd̪iːd̪o]

Verb

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

1. I 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

• dīditus
• dīdimus

Related terms

• condō

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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray