Ardea

1.

ardĕa, ae, f. [kindred with the Gr. erôdios and rhôdios; cf. the Sanscr. rud = sonare], a heron (in Pliny usu. ardeola, q. v.), Verg. G. 1, 364.

2.

Ardĕa, ae, f. [v. arduus], = Ardea, the capital of the Rutuli, six leagues south of Rome; acc. to the myth, it was burned by Æneas, and from its ashes the heron ( ardea ) was produced, Ov. M. 14, 573; Verg A. 7, 411; cf. Serv. ad h. l.; Mann. Ital. I. 617; Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 296-312.—Hence, Derivv.,

A.

Ardĕas, ātis, adj. (old nom. Ardeātis, like Arpinātis, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 629 P.), of or belonging to Ardea, Ardean:

in agro Ardeati,

Cic. N. D. 3, 18, 47:

Ardeas templum,

Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 115.— Hence, in the plur.: Ardeātes, ium, m., the inhabitants of Ardea, Liv. 5, 44; 4, 7.—

B.

Ardĕātīnus, a, um, adj. (rare for Ardeas), Ardean:

praedium,

Nep. Att. 14, 3 (Halm, Arretinum ); absol., in Ardeatino (sc. agro), Sen. Ep. 105.