ardelio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ardĕlĭo, ōnis, m. [ardeo], prop.

a zealous person; hence, in a bad sense, a busybody , a meddler , = πολυπράγμων, Phaedr. 2, 5, 1 sq.; cf. the epigrams of Mart. 2, 7; 4, 79.

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