dido

See also Dido, and ɗiɗo

English

Etymology 1

Origin 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.

Noun

dido (plural 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

Etymology 2

Adverb

dido

1. (US) Common misspelling of ditto.

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin digitus (“finger”).

Noun

dido

1. finger

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Esperanto

Noun

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

1. dodo (bird)

Alternative forms

• dodo

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Latin

Etymology

From dis- + -do; see cre-do for details.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈdiː.doː/

Verb

present active dīdō, present infinitive dīdere, perfect active dīdidī, supine dīditum.

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

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	dīdō	dīdis	dīdit	dīdimus	dīditis	dīdunt
	future	dīdam	dīdēs	dīdet	dīdēmus	dīdētis	dīdent
	imperfect	dīdēbam	dīdēbās	dīdēbat	dīdēbāmus	dīdēbātis	dīdēbant
	perfect	dīdidī	dīdidistī	dīdidit	dīdidimus	dīdidistis	dīdidērunt
	future perfect	dīdiderō	dīdideris	dīdiderit	dīdiderimus	dīdideritis	dīdiderint
	pluperfect	dīdideram	dīdiderās	dīdiderat	dīdiderāmus	dīdiderātis	dīdiderant
passive	present	dīdor	dīderis	dīditur	dīdimur	dīdiminī	dīduntur
	future	dīdar	dīdēris	dīdētur	dīdēmur	dīdēminī	dīdentur
	imperfect	dīdēbar	dīdēbāris	dīdēbātur	dīdēbāmur	dīdēbāminī	dīdēbantur
	perfect	Use dīditus m, dīdita f, dīditum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use dīditus m, dīdita f, dīditum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use dīditus m, dīdita f, dīditum n followed by the imperfect 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	dīdātur	dīdāmur	dīdāminī	dīdantur
	imperfect	dīderer	dīderēris	dīderētur	dīderēmur	dīderēminī	dīderentur
	perfect	Use dīditus m, dīdita f, dīditum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use dīditus m, dīdita f, dīditum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	dīde	dīditō	dīditō	dīdere	dīditor	dīditor
	plural	dīdite	dīditōte	dīduntō	dīdiminī	—	dīduntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		dīdere	dīdidisse	dīditūrus esse	dīdī	dīditus esse	dīditum īrī
participles		dīdēns (dīdentis)	—	dīditūrus-ra, -rum	—	dīditus-a, -um	dīdendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• dīditus

Related terms

• condō

References

• dido in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879