Dido

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdaɪdəʊ/ Rhymes: -aɪdəʊ Homophone: dydoe === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Διδώ (Didṓ). ==== Proper noun ==== Dido (Greek mythology) and (Roman mythology) Legendary founder and first queen of Carthage. ===== Derived terms ===== Didonian Didoan ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Georgian დიდოური (didouri), from დიდი (didi). ==== Proper noun ==== Dido Synonym of Tsez. === Anagrams === doid == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δῑδώ (Dīdṓ). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdiː.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈdiː.do] === Proper noun === Dīdō f sg (genitive Dīdūs or Dīdōnis); variously declined, fourth declension, third declension Dido (legendary foundress and queen of Carthage) ==== Declension ==== 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, while Friedrich Neue states it's an accusative and not a dative. ==== Synonyms ==== (Dido: legendary foundress and queen of Carthage): Elissa (poetic) ==== Descendants ==== English: Dido French: Didon Italian: Didone Spanish: Didón → Slovak: Dido → Ukrainian: Дідо́на (Didóna) ==== See also ==== Ἔλισσᾰ (Élissă) (Greek form of the Phoenician name of Dido) Aenēās (“Trojan hero and founder of the Roman people, Dido's lover in Book 4 of Virgil's Aeneid, an epic poem and Augustan imperial foundation narrative”) Sychaeus (“Dido’s husband”) === 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 == Slovak == === Etymology === Derived from Latin Dīdō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /didɔ/, [ˈdidɔ] Rhymes: -idɔ Hyphenation: Di‧do === Proper noun === Dido f (genitive singular Didóny, declension pattern of žena) (Greek mythology) Dido ==== Declension ====