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Dido

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Di·do  (dd)
n. Roman Mythology
The founder and queen of Carthage, who fell in love with Aeneas and killed herself when he abandoned her.
di·do  (dd)
n. pl. di·dos or di·does
A mischievous prank or antic; a caper.
[Origin unknown.]
dido [ˈdaɪdəʊ]
n pl -dos, -does (usually plural) Informal
an antic; prank; trick
[originally US: of uncertain origin]
Dido [ˈdaɪdəʊ]
n
(Myth & Legend / 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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Noun1.DidoDido - (Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas
Roman mythology - the mythology of the ancient Romans
Translations
Dido [daɪdəʊ] N → Dido
Dido [ˈdaɪdəʊ] n (Myth) → Didone f
Dido [ˈdaɪdəʊ] n (Myth) → Didone f


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Hence Virgil, through the mouth of Dido, excuses the inhumanity of her reign owing to its being new, saying:
The Prince by Machiavelli, Nicolo View in context
"Of you and against you I ask it," said Don Quixote; "for I am not marble, nor are you brass, nor is it now ten o'clock in the morning, but midnight, or a trifle past it I fancy, and we are in a room more secluded and retired than the cave could have been where the treacherous and daring AEneas enjoyed the fair soft-hearted Dido.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
There was the old Dido, she put in here about two years ago, and sent one watch off on liberty; they never were heard of again for a week--the natives swore they didn't know where they were--and only three of them ever got back to the ship again, and one with his face damaged for life, for the cursed heathens tattooed a broad patch clean across his figure-head.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
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