noun

Dardănus

gen. Dardăni · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

The son of Jupiter and Electra of Arcadia, founder of the city Dardania, in Troas, and ancestor of the royal race of Troy

The son of Jupiter and Electra of Arcadia, founder of the city Dardania, in Troas, and ancestor of the royal race of Troy, Att. ap. Schol. Bern. ad Verg. G. 1, 502 (v. 653 Ribb.); Verg. A. 8, 134 Serv.; 6, 650; 3, 167 al.; cf. Heyne Verg. A. 3 Excurs. 6; Lact. 1, 23, 3: acc. Dardanon, Ov. F. 4, 31. —

hence

adj., Dardanian; Trojan; Roman poetic ••

Dardănus, a, um, adj., Dardanian, poet. for Trojan: praeda, Prop. 1, 19, 14: puppis, i. e. of Aeneas, id. 4, 1, 40 (5, 1, 40 M.): arma, Verg. A. 2, 618: pubes, id. ib. 5, 119: gens, Hor. Od. 1, 15, 10: Troja, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 4; also for Roman, as the Romans were descendants of Aeneas: ductor, i. e. the Roman, Scipio Africanus, Sil. 1, 14.—

adj., Dardanian; Trojan poetic •••

Dardănĭus, a, um, adj., Dardanian, poet. for Trojan: gentes, Att. ap. Apul. de Deo Soc. 24 (v. 523 Ribbeck): gens, Verg. A. 1, 602: Aeneae, id. ib. 1, 494; 6, 169; cf. carinae, i. e. of Aeneas, id. ib. 4, 658; and pinus, the same, Ov. F. 1, 519: Anchisae, Verg. A. 1, 617; 9, 647: Iulus (son of Aeneas), Ov. M. 15, 767: Roma, id. ib. 15, 431: vates, i. e. Helenus, id. ib. 13, 335: advena, i. e. Paris, id. H. 8, 42: senex, i. e. Priam, id. Tr. 3, 5, 38: triumphus, Prop. 2, 14, 1 (3, 6, 1 M): minister, i. e. Ganymedes, Mart. 11, 104, et saep.—

Subst.: Dardănia, ae, f.,

the city Dardania, founded by Dardanus on the Hellespont, S. W. of Abydos; the Dardanelles

the city Dardania, founded by Dardanus on the Hellespont, S. W. of Abydos (whence its mod. name, the Dardanelles), Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 25. Oftener, esp. in Vergil,

Troja poetic

poet. for Troja, Verg. A. 2, 281; 325; 3, 52; Ov. H. 16, 57.—

son; descendant of Dardanus; Aeneas absol •

Dardănĭdes, ae, m., son or descendant of Dardanus: Ilus, Ov. F. 6, 419.—Absol. for Aeneas, Verg. A. 10, 545; 12, 775.—In plur. for Trojan: pastores, id. ib. 2, 59.—Absol. for Trojans, id. ib. 2, 72; 445 et saep.—

adj., Dardanian; Trojan; Creüsa poetic •

Dardănis, ĭdis, f., adj., Dardanian, poet. for Trojan: matres, Ov. M. 13, 412: nurus, id. H. 16, 194; 17, 212: Caieta (founded by Trojans), Mart. 10, 30.—Absol. for Creüsa, Verg. A. 2, 787.

A magician of Phoenicia

A magician of Phoenicia, Plin. 30, 1, 2, § 9; App. Mag. p. 331, 14.—Hence,

adj., of Dardanus; Magic poetic

Dardănius, a, um, adj., of Dardanus: poet. for Magic, artes, Col. 10, 358.

A Stoic philosopher otherwise unknown

A Stoic philosopher otherwise unknown, Cic. Ac. 2, 22, 69.

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