dido Latin · revision 32873

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la dō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈdiː.doː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈdiː.do]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dīdō''' (present infinitive dīdere, perfect active dīdidī, supine dīditum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Cato has the perfect ''disdidī''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dis-|dō|t2=to give]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan lists it among the compounds of [[m|la|dō]], which goes back to [[ine-pro|*di-d(e)h₃-|t=to give]].^(de Vaan 2008) The TLL allows that the second part may instead be the verb found in [[m|la|abdō]] and [[m|la|condō]], and compares [[grc|διαδίδωμι|tr=diadídōmi|t=to distribute]].^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008) In the OLD's earliest quotation, from Plautus, a character says he will distribute his goods among his relatives.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Lewis & Short call it archaic and poetic, frequent in Lucretius and found once in Tacitus.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lucretius uses it of food spread through the veins.^(OLD 2012) Cato has the older form ⟨disdidī⟩.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of distributing goods.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato has the form ''disdidi''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of food spread through the veins.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus uses it once.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|distribute]], deal out.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To spread, [[m|en|diffuse]], [[m|en|disseminate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[do|alt=dō]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ Dīdō, the name of the queen and foundress of Carthage, has its own entry in the OLD; it comes from [[grc|Διδώ|tr=Didṓ]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Köbler dates it from Virgil and suggests a Phoenician origin with a question mark.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}