"Dido" meaning in Latin

See Dido in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈdiː.doː] [Classical-Latin], [ˈdiː.do] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δῑδώ (Dīdṓ). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:bor|grc:Δῑδώ|text=+|title=Dīdō|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "Δῑδώ", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "Dīdō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="Dīdō"> Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δῑδώ (Dīdṓ). Head templates: {{la-proper noun|((Dīdō<4.Callisto>,Dīdō<3>))|acc_sg=Dīdō/Dīdūn/Dīdōn|g=f}} Dīdō f sg (genitive Dīdūs or Dīdōnis); variously declined, fourth declension, third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Dīdō<4.Callisto>|acc_sg=Dīdō/Dīdūn/Dīdōn}}, {{la-ndecl|Dīdō<3>}} Forms: Dīdō [canonical, feminine, singular], variously declined [canonical], Dīdūs [genitive], Dīdōnis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Dīdō [nominative, singular], Dīdūs [genitive, singular], Dīdō [dative, singular], Dīdō [accusative, singular], Dīdūn [accusative, singular], Dīdōn [accusative, singular], Dīdō [ablative, singular], Dīdō [singular, vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], Dīdō [nominative, singular], Dīdōnis [genitive, singular], Dīdōnī [dative, singular], Dīdōnem [accusative, singular], Dīdōne [ablative, singular], Dīdō [singular, vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō), singular only., Third-declension noun
  1. Dido (legendary foundress and queen of Carthage) Tags: declension-3, declension-4 Synonyms: Elissa (alt: Dido: legendary foundress and queen of Carthage) [poetic] Related terms: Ἔλισσᾰ (Élissă) (english: Greek form of the Phoenician name of Dido), Aenēās (english: 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 (english: Dido’s husband)
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdiː.doː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdiː.do]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "alt": "Dido: legendary foundress and queen of Carthage",
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ],
      "word": "Elissa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Dido"
}

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