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Dido2

Absol

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Ad Martyras 1 · 6.72/10k
Aeneid 34 · 5.37/10k
Tyranni Triginta 2 · 3.04/10k
De Exhortatione Castitatis Liber 1 · 2.56/10k
Epistulae 6 · 2.35/10k
Remedia Amoris 1 · 1.91/10k
Punica 10 · 1.31/10k
Fasti 4 · 1.28/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Ad Nationes 1 · 0.67/10k
Amores 1 · 0.64/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. dī-do — Lewis & Short

dī-do (also written disdo;

I v. the foll.), didĭdi, didĭtum, 3, v. a., to give out, spread abroad, disseminate, distribute (anteclass. and poet.; esp. in Lucr.; once in Tac.).

I Lit.: numquam ego argentum ... disdidi, Cato ap. Fronto Ep. ad Anton. 1, 2, p. 150: in venas cibum, Lucr. 2, 1136; 4, 956; 6, 947; cf. id. 3, 703; 4, 633: omne per caules palati, id. 4, 623; cf. id. 3, 246; 5, 269; 6, 1166.—Absol.: dide, disice, Caecil. ap. Cic. Cael. 16, 37 (Com. Frag. v. 239 Rib.).—

II Trop.: dum munia didit (sc. servis), Hor. S. 2, 2, 67: per magnas didita gentes Solatia vitae, Lucr. 5, 20; cf.: rumor per agmina Trojana, Verg. A. 7, 144: tua terris didita fama, id. ib. 8, 132; cf.: fama in populos, Sil. 1, 186: fama per provincias, Tac. A. 11, 1.

2. Dīdō — Lewis & Short

Dīdō, ūs and ōnis, f., *didw/,

I the celebrated foundress of Carthage, daughter of the Tyrian king Belus, wife of Sichaeus, and sister of Pygmalion; called also Elisa or Elissa.—Nom. Dido, Verg. A. 1, 299; 340; 360 et saep.; Ov. Am. 2, 18, 25; id. F. 3, 545; 640.—Gen. Dīdōnis, Just. 11, 10, 13; Aug. Conf. 1, 13; Macr. Sat. 4, 3, 6 al.: Dīdūs, Cornutus ap. Charis. p. 102 P.—Dat. Dīdō, Macr. Sat. 5, 2, 14 (dub. al. Didoni): Dīdōni, Tert. Anim. 33.—Acc. Dīdō, Verg. A. 4, 383; Ov. H. 7, 7; 133 (in both passages several MSS. read Didon); Vell. 1, 6, 2: Didonem, Treb. Pol. Trig. Tyr. 27, 1; August. Conf. 1, 13: Dīdūn, Atteius ap. Charis. l. l.—Abl. Dīdōne, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 685 P.; Serv. Verg. A. 1, 223 (cf. Neue Formenl. 1, 352).

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