proper noun
Cardăces
Meaning
- a class of Persian soldiers; acc.
Cardăces, um, m., = Κάρδακες [carda (Persian), strong, warlike, acc. to Strabo, 15, 3],
I. a class of Persian soldiers; acc. Cardacas, Nep. Dat. 8, 2.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cardaces um, m
carda (Persian), warlike, a class of Persian soldiers; acc. Cardacas, N.