ardea

Etymology

Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐρῳδιός (erōidiós, “heron”) and Serbo-Croatian róda (“stork”), either from a Proto-Indo-European root^[1] or more likely a common Mediterranean substrate source, as suggested by the irregular vowel variation and the limited distribution of cognates.^[2][3]

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈar.de.a/, [ˈärd̪eä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.de.a/, [ˈärd̪eä]

Noun

ardea f (genitive ardeae); first declension

1. heron

References

• “ardea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ardea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ardea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “ardea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ardea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “ardea”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [arˈde̯a]

Verb

ardea

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of arde