Translingual

Ardea alba

Proper noun

Ardea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ardeidae – the great herons and certain other herons and egrets.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clade; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Ciconiiformes - order; Ardeidae - family; Ardeinae  subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ardea alba, Ardea cinerea, Ardea cocoi, Ardea goliath, Ardea herodias, Ardea humbloti, Ardea insignis, Ardea melanocephala, Ardea pacifica, Ardea picata, Ardea purpurea, Ardea sumatrana - species

Derived terms

• Ardeola
• Ardeotis

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.de.a/

Proper noun

Ardea f ‎(genitive Ardeae); first declension

1. a very ancient city of Latium, capital of the Rutuli

Declension

First declension.

Derived terms

• Ardeās
• Ardeātīnus

References

• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Ardea”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Ardea in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Latin

Noun

ardea f ‎(genitive ardeae); first declension

1. heron

Inflection

First declension.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ardea”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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

1. ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959), “arōd-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume I, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 68-69