Ardea

See also: ardea

Translingual

Ardea cinerea (grey heron)

Ardea alba (great white heron)

Etymology

Latin ardea (“heron”).

Proper noun

Ardea f

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

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae - infraclass; Neoaves - superorder; Ciconiiformes - order; Ardeidae - family; Ardeinae  subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ardea cinerea (grey heron) - type species; Ardea alba (great egret, great white heron, white egret), Ardea cocoi (cocoi heron), Ardea goliath (Goliath heron, giant heron), Ardea herodias (great blue heron), Ardea humbloti (Humboldt's heron), Ardea insignis (white-bellied heron), Ardea intermedia (intermediate egret), Ardea melanocephala (black-headed heron), Ardea pacifica (white-necked heron), Ardea picata, Ardea purpurea (purple heron), Ardea sumatrana (great-billed heron) - other species

Derived terms

• Ardeola
• Ardeotis

References

• Ardea (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ardea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ardea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ardea f sg (genitive Ardeae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ardea
Genitive	Ardeae
Dative	Ardeae
Accusative	Ardeam
Ablative	Ardeā
Vocative	Ardea
Locative	Ardeae

Derived terms

• Ardeās
• Ardeātīnus

References

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