ardea

== Latin == === Etymology === Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐρῳδιός (erōidiós, “heron”) and Serbo-Croatian róda (“stork”), either from a Proto-Indo-European root or more likely a common Mediterranean substrate source, as suggested by the irregular vowel variation and the limited distribution of cognates. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈar.de.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈar.de.a] === Noun === ardea f (genitive ardeae); first declension heron ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ardeola === 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 == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [arˈde̯a] === Verb === ardea third-person singular imperfect indicative of arde