Dardan

American  

[dahr-dn] / ˈdɑr dn /

Also Dardanian

adjective

1. Trojan.

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Dardan British  

/ dɑːˈdeɪnɪən, 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

On them his rage the Dardan child let slip.

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

Let the false Dardan feel the blaze That burns me pouring on his gaze, And bear along, to cheer his way, The funeral presage of to-day.’”

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline) Guerber

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

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

Yea, twice hath the Sire Uplifted his hand and downcast it On the wall of the Dardan, downcast it As a sword and as fire.

From The Trojan Women of Euripedes by Euripedes