Dardan

American  

[dahr-dn] / ˈdɑr dn /

Also Dardanian

adjective

1. Trojan.

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Dardan British  

/ ˈdɑːdən /

noun

1. another name for a Trojan

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Etymology

Origin of Dardan

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

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Dardan

And now begins the fame of Dardan Rome “To rise; the waves of Tiber from the hills “Of Appenine descending, bathe her walls: “Plac'd on a huge foundation shall she fix “Her empire's base.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by J. J. Howard

I am not to see the face of Myrmidons or Dolopes in their haughty homes, or to enter the service of some Grecian matron—I, a Dardan princess, daughter by marriage of Venus the immortal.

From Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman by Frank Justus Miller

Touched by her fate, the Dardan hero views, 550 And far with tearful gaze the melting shade pursues.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor

Thus through the meads the Dardan Duke set forth the tale of death, With rage as of the rushing flood, or whirl-storm of the wind.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by William Morris

"The sacrifice, prepared for Stygian Jove, I purpose now to consummate, and pay The last sad rites, and ease me of my love, And burn the couch whereon the Dardan lay."

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor