Δάρδανος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dár.da.nos/ → /ˈðar.ða.nos/ → /ˈðar.ða.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dár.da.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈdar.da.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈðar.ða.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈðar.ða.nos/
• (15^th 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

1. Dardanus, a hero in Greek mythology.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Δάρδᾰνος; τοῦ Δαρδᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δάρδᾰνος ho Dárdănos
Genitive	τοῦ Δαρδᾰ́νου toû Dardắnou
Dative	τῷ Δαρδᾰ́νῳ tôi Dardắnōi
Accusative	τὸν Δάρδᾰνον tòn Dárdănon
Vocative	Δάρδᾰνε Dárdăne
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

After the hero.

Proper noun

Δάρδᾰνος • (Dárdănos) f (genitive Δαρδάνου); second declension

1. Dardanus, a mythological city on the Hellespont.

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Δάρδᾰνος; τῆς Δαρδᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Δάρδᾰνος hē Dárdănos
Genitive	τῆς Δαρδᾰ́νου tês Dardắnou
Dative	τῇ Δαρδᾰ́νῳ têi Dardắnōi
Accusative	τὴν Δάρδᾰνον tḕn Dárdănon
Vocative	Δάρδᾰνε Dárdăne
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Δαρδάνειος (Dardáneios)
• Δαρδανεύς (Dardaneús)
• Δαρδανίᾱ (Dardaníā)
• Δαρδανίδης (Dardanídēs)
• Δαρδάνιος (Dardánios)
• Δαρδανίς (Dardanís)
• Δαρδανίωνες (Dardaníōnes)

Descendants

• Greek: Δάρδανος (Dárdanos)
• → Latin: Dardanus

Noun

Δάρδᾰνος • (Dárdănos) m (genitive Δαρδάνου); second declension

1. a Dardanian, a Trojan

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Δάρδᾰνος; τοῦ Δαρδᾰ́νου (Attic)

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 tôi 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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