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D0210200 (dī′dō)n. Roman Mythology The founder and queen of Carthage, who fell in love with Aeneas and killed herself when he abandoned her.

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D0210200 (dī′dō)n. pl. di·dos or di·does A mischievous prank or antic; a caper.

[Origin unknown.]

dido

(ˈdaɪdəʊ) n (usually plural) , pl -dos or -doesan antic; prank; trick[C19: originally US: of uncertain origin]

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(ˈdaɪdəʊ) n (Classical Myth & Legend) classical myth a princess of Tyre who founded Carthage and became its queen. Virgil tells of her suicide when abandoned by her lover Aeneas

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(ˈdaɪ doʊ)

n., pl. -dos, -does. Usu., didos, didoes. 1. a mischievous trick; prank; antic. 2. a bauble or trifle. [1800–10; orig. uncertain]

Di•do

(ˈdaɪ doʊ)

n. a legendary queen of Carthage who killed herself when abandoned by Aeneas.

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Noun

Dido - (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by AeneasRoman mythology - the mythology of the ancient Romans

Translations

dido

cut a dido

To play a mischievous trick. The name possibly refers to Queen Dido, founder of Carthage, who asked the natives for as much land as could be covered by a bull's hide. She then cut the hide into thin strips to gain more land. Billy cut a dido today when he pulled my chair out from under me when I went to sit down.See also: cut, dido

cut didoes

perform mischievous tricks or deeds. North American informalSee also: cut, dido

DIDO

phr. dreck in, dreck out; garbage in, garbage out. (see also GIGO.) Look at this stuff that the printer put out. What is it? Oh, well. DIDO.

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Dido

(dī`dō), in Roman mythology, queen of Carthage, also called Elissa. She was the daughter of a king of Tyre. After her brother Pygmalion murdered her husband, she fled to Libya, where she founded and ruled Carthage. According to one legend, Dido threw herself on a burning pyre to escape marriage to the king of Libya. In the Aeneid, Vergil tells how she fell in love with AeneasAeneas
, in Greek mythology, a Trojan, son of Anchises and Aphrodite. After the fall of Troy he escaped, bearing his aged father on his back. He stayed at Carthage with Queen Dido, then went to Italy, where his descendants founded Rome.
..... Click the link for more information. , who had been shipwrecked at Carthage, and destroyed herself on the pyre when, at Jupiter's command, he left to continue his journey to Italy.

Dido

(also Elissa), in ancient mythology the sister of the king of Tyre (in Phoenicia). Founder of Carthage.

According to the Roman version of the myth as treated in Book IV of Vergil’s Aeneid, Dido fell in love with Aeneas, who was cast upon the shores of Carthage by a storm. After his departure she committed suicide. The figure of the lovesick and abandoned Dido has enjoyed great popularity through the centuries in literature, opera (H. Purcell, J. Haydn, and others), and painting (A. Mantegna, P. Rubens, S. Bourdon, H. Fiiger, and others).

Dido

contracts for as much land as can be enclosed by an oxhide; by cutting it into a strip she obtains enough to found a city. [Rom. Legend: Collier’s VI, 259]See: Cunning

Dido

kills herself when Aeneas abandons her. [Rom. Myth.: Avery, 392–393; Rom. Lit.: Aeneid]See: Suicide

Acronym

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DIDO➣Day In, Day Out

DIDO➣Drive In, Drive Out (song)

DIDO➣Digital Images Delivered Online (Department of the History of Art; Indiana University; Bloomington, IN)

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noun (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage

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