Dardanus

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Dardanus m

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δάρδανος (Dárdanos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdar.da.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪ar.d̪a.nus]

Dardanus m sg (genitive Dardanī); second declension

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

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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