Dandarid

English

Adjective

Dandarid (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to or belonging to the ancient Dandarii people.
   • 1893, John Bagnell Bury, The Student's Roman Empire:

     Accordingly they sought the alliance of Eunones, king of the Aorsi, another race whose exact home is uncertain. It was resolved to anticipate the designs of the dethroned king of Bosporus by attacking him in his new Dandarid realm.

   • 2012, Tacitus (translated by Cynthia Damon), Annals:

     Eventually, after mustering an army, he evicted the Dandarid king and took his power.

Proper noun

Dandarid (plural Dandarids)

1. A member of the ancient Dandarii people.
   • 1893, John Bagnell Bury, The Student's Roman Empire:

     Cotys and Aquila were alarmed at the prospect of an invasion by Mithradates at the head of the Dandarids, especially as the Siraci, another obscure people of those regions, had assumed a hostile attitude.