Sardi, ōrum, m. [from Σαρδώ, Sardinia],
I the inhabitants of the island of Sardinia , the Sardinians , Cic. Div. in Caecil. 19, 63; id. Off. 2, 14, 50; id. Balb. 18, 41; noted for their faithlessness, id. Scaur. 19, 42 sq.; hence, prov.: Sardi venales, alius alio nequior, id. Fam. 7, 24, 2; Fest. p. 322 Müll.; Varr. Sat. Men. 78; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 57, 2. —Hence,
A Sardus , a, um, adj., Sardinian : Tigellius, of Sardinia , Hor. S. 1, 3, 3: mel, id. A. P. 375 (Sardum mel pessimi saporis, Schol.): triticum, Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 66: creta, id. 35, 17, 57, § 196.—
B Sar-dōus , a, um, adj., = Σαρδῷος, Sardinian : regna, Ov. F. 4, 289: mare, Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75: insula, i. e. Sardinia , Claud. B. Gild. 508: herba, a poisonous plant , crowfoot , Nemes. Ecl. 4, 53; Ser. Samm. 23, 431.—
C Sardŏnĭus , a, um, Sardinian : Sardonia herba, Sol. 4; Verg. E. 7, 41: terra, Sil. 12, 343.—
D Sardĭnĭa , ae, f. (cf. the Gr. Σαρδόνιος, Sardinian), the island of Sardinia , Mel. 2, 7, 19; Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 11; Cic. Scaur. 22, 44; id. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 1; Liv. 23, 32 sq.; Hor. C. 1, 31, 4; Mel. 2, 7, 19; Mart. 4, 60, 6.—
E Sardĭnĭānus , a, um, adj., Sardinian : tapetes, Varr. ap. Non. 542, 15. —
F Sardĭnĭensis , e, adj., Sardinian : triumphus, upon the subjection of Sardinia , Nep. Cato, 1 fin. : quaestura, Spart. Sever. 2.