Sardīs (Sardes), ĭum (cf.:
I hae Sardis, has Sardis, Prisc. p. 775 P.; Freund, Annott. ad Cic. Mil. p. 14), f., = Σάρδεις, Sardis (now Sart ), the very ancient capital of Lydia , on the Pactolus , the residence of Croesus; nom. Sardis, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 215; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 2.— Gen. Sardium, Curt. 5, 1, 45.— Acc. Sardis, Just. 14, 1, 7; Cic. Sen. 17, 59; Nep. Milt. 4, 1; id. Ages. 3, 5; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 9; Curt. 3, 12, 6.— Dat. and abl. Sardibus, Liv. 33, 19, 10; 37, 18, 6; Ov. M. 11, 137; Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 100; Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 6.
II —Hence, Sardĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sardis , Sardian : balani, Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 93: jurisdictio, id. 5, 29, 30, § 111.—In plur. subst. : Sardĭ-āni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Sardis , the Sardians , Cic. Fam. 13, 55, 1.