Dardănus, i, m., Δάρδανος.
I The son of Jupiter and Electra of Arcadia, founder of the city Dardania, in Troas, and ancestor of the royal race of Troy , Att. ap. Schol. Bern. ad Verg. G. 1, 502 (v. 653 Ribb.); Verg. A. 8, 134 Serv.; 6, 650; 3, 167 al.; cf. Heyne Verg. A. 3 Excurs. 6; Lact. 1, 23, 3: acc. Dardanon, Ov. F. 4, 31. —
B Hence,
1 Dardănus , a, um, adj., Dardanian , poet. for Trojan : praeda, Prop. 1, 19, 14: puppis, i. e. of Aeneas , id. 4, 1, 40 (5, 1, 40 M.): arma, Verg. A. 2, 618: pubes, id. ib. 5, 119: gens, Hor. Od. 1, 15, 10: Troja, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 4; also for Roman , as the Romans were descendants of Aeneas: ductor, i. e. the Roman, Scipio Africanus , Sil. 1, 14.—
2 Dardănĭus , a, um, adj., Dardanian , poet. for Trojan : gentes, Att. ap. Apul. de Deo Soc. 24 (v. 523 Ribbeck): gens, Verg. A. 1, 602: Aeneae, id. ib. 1, 494; 6, 169; cf. carinae, i. e. of Aeneas , id. ib. 4, 658; and pinus, the same, Ov. F. 1, 519: Anchisae, Verg. A. 1, 617; 9, 647: Iulus (son of Aeneas), Ov. M. 15, 767: Roma, id. ib. 15, 431: vates, i. e. Helenus , id. ib. 13, 335: advena, i. e. Paris , id. H. 8, 42: senex, i. e. Priam , id. Tr. 3, 5, 38: triumphus, Prop. 2, 14, 1 (3, 6, 1 M): minister, i. e. Ganymedes , Mart. 11, 104, et saep.—
b Subst.: Dardănia , ae, f.,
α the city Dardania, founded by Dardanus on the Hellespont, S. W. of Abydos (whence its mod. name, the Dardanelles ), Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 25. Oftener, esp. in Vergil,
β poet. for Troja , Verg. A. 2, 281; 325; 3, 52; Ov. H. 16, 57.—
3 Dardănĭdes , ae, m., son or descendant of Dardanus : Ilus, Ov. F. 6, 419.— Absol. for Aeneas , Verg. A. 10, 545; 12, 775.—In plur. for Trojan : pastores, id. ib. 2, 59.— Absol. for Trojans , id. ib. 2, 72; 445 et saep.—
4 Dardănis , ĭdis, f., adj., Dardanian , poet. for Trojan : matres, Ov. M. 13, 412: nurus, id. H. 16, 194; 17, 212: Caieta (founded by Trojans), Mart. 10, 30.— Absol. for Creüsa , Verg. A. 2, 787.
II A magician of Phoenicia , Plin. 30, 1, 2, § 9; Ap. Mag. p. 331, 14.—Hence,
2 Dardănius , a, um, adj., of Dardanus : poet. for Magic , artes, Col. 10, 358.
III A Stoic philosopher otherwise unknown , Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 22, 69.