Didon

See also: didon

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Dīdōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.dɔ̃/

Proper noun

Didon f

1. Dido (legendary foundress and queen of Carthage)

Latin

Etymology

Presumably from an Doric (and also Boeotian) accusative which ends in -ών (-ṓn), or representing the archaic pronunciation, /diː.do᷇ːn/, of the Ancient Greek Δῑδοῦν (Dīdoûn); compare the regularly Romanised Dīdūn, which represents the Ancient Greek etymon’s first-century-BC Koine pronunciation, /diˈdun/.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.doːn/, [ˈd̪iːd̪oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdi.don/, [ˈd̪iːd̪on]

Proper noun

Dīdōn f

1. accusative of Dīdō