English to afrikaans meaning of

dido

Die term "dido" het veelvuldige betekenisse, afhangende van die konteks waarin dit gebruik word. Hier is 'n paar van die mees algemene definisies:'n ondeunde of wispelturige daad'n vroulike voornaam'n legendariese koningin van Kartago, bekend vir haar liefdesverhouding met die Trojaanse held Aeneas soos vertel in Vergilius se epiese gedig, die Aeneïs.'n tipe knoop wat gebruik word om 'n tou of lyn aan 'n voorwerp vas te maak Die bekendste definisie is waarskynlik die derde een, wat na die legendariese koningin van Kartago verwys. Die term "dido" word egter minder algemeen in alledaagse taal gebruik en word meer dikwels in literatuur, geskiedenis of mitologie aangetref.

Sentence Examples

  1. On one of them was painted by some very poor hand the Rape of Helen, when the bold guest carried her off from Menelaus, and on the other was the story of Dido and Æneas, she on a high tower, as though she were making signals with a half sheet to her fugitive guest who was out at sea flying in a frigate or brigantine.
  2. He noticed in the two stories that Helen did not go very reluctantly, for she was laughing slyly and roguishly but the fair Dido was shown dropping tears the size of walnuts from her eyes.
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