Dardanus

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Translingual[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Dardanus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Diogenidae – certain hermit crabs.

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δάρδανος (Dárdanos).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Dardanus m sg (genitive Dardanī); second declension

  1. An ancient city in Troas situated between Ophrynium and Abydus

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Dardanus
Genitive Dardanī
Dative Dardanō
Accusative Dardanum
Ablative Dardanō
Vocative Dardane
Locative Dardanī

References[edit]

  • Dardanus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly