ardĕa, ae, f. [kindred with the Gr. ἐρωδιός and ῥωδιός; cf. the Sanscr. rud = sonare],
a heron (in Pliny usu. ardeola, q. v.), Verg. G. 1, 364.
A´RDEA(Ἀρδέα: Eth., Ἀρδεάτης, Ardeas, atis), a very ancient city of Latium, still called Ardea, situ...
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