Δάρδανος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dár.da.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈdar.da.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈðar.ða.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈðar.ða.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈðar.ða.nos/
Etymology 1
Possibly from δαρδάπτω (dardáptō, “to slay, to burn up”) or δαρδάπτω (dardáptō, “eat”), δάπτω (dáptō, “I devour”) (see Latin daps). Otherwise from Thracian or Pre-Greek.
Proper noun
Δάρδᾰνος • (Dárdănos) m (genitive Δαρδάνου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Δάρδᾰνος ho Dárdănos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Δαρδᾰ́νου toû Dardắnou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Δαρδᾰ́νῳ tōî Dardắnōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Δάρδᾰνον tòn Dárdănon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Δάρδᾰνε Dárdăne | ||||||||||||
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Etymology 2
After the hero.
Proper noun
Δάρδᾰνος • (Dárdănos) f (genitive Δαρδάνου); second declension
- Dardanus, a mythological city on the Hellespont.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Δάρδᾰνος hē Dárdănos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Δαρδᾰ́νου tês Dardắnou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Δαρδᾰ́νῳ tēî Dardắnōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Δάρδᾰνον tḕn Dárdănon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Δάρδᾰνε Dárdăne | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Δαρδάνειος (Dardáneios)
- Δαρδανεύς (Dardaneús)
- Δαρδανίᾱ (Dardaníā)
- Δαρδανίδης (Dardanídēs)
- Δαρδάνιος (Dardánios)
- Δαρδανίς (Dardanís)
- Δαρδανίωνες (Dardaníōnes)
Descendants
Noun
Δάρδᾰνος • (Dárdănos) m (genitive Δαρδάνου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Δάρδᾰνος ho Dárdănos |
τὼ Δαρδᾰ́νω tṑ Dardắnō |
οἱ Δάρδᾰνοι hoi Dárdănoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Δαρδᾰ́νου toû Dardắnou |
τοῖν Δαρδᾰ́νοιν toîn Dardắnoin |
τῶν Δαρδᾰ́νων tôn Dardắnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Δαρδᾰ́νῳ tōî Dardắnōi |
τοῖν Δαρδᾰ́νοιν toîn Dardắnoin |
τοῖς Δαρδᾰ́νοις toîs Dardắnois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Δάρδᾰνον tòn Dárdănon |
τὼ Δαρδᾰ́νω tṑ Dardắnō |
τοὺς Δαρδᾰ́νους toùs Dardắnous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Δάρδᾰνε Dárdăne |
Δαρδᾰ́νω Dardắnō |
Δάρδᾰνοι Dárdănoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “Δάρδανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Δάρδανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Δάρδανος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Δάρδανος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “Δάρδανος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,008