Sardonius

Sardi, ōrum, m. [from Sardô, Sardinia], 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., = Sardôios, 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. Sardonios, 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.