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sardis

sardis

Sardis

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Sardīs — Lewis & Short

Sardīs (Sardes), ĭum (cf.:

I hae Sardis, has Sardis, Prisc. p. 775 P.; Freund, Annott. ad Cic. Mil. p. 14), f., = *sa/rdeis, Sardis (now Sart), the very ancient capital of Lydia, on the Pactolus, the residence of Crœsus; nom. Sardis, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 215; Hor. Ep. 1, 11, 2.—Gen. Sardium, Curt. 5, 1, 45.—Acc. Sardis, Just. 14, 1, 7; Cic. Sen. 17, 59; Nep. Milt. 4, 1; id. Ages. 3, 5; Sen. Ben. 6, 31, 9; Curt. 3, 12, 6.—Dat. and abl. Sardibus, Liv. 33, 19, 10; 37, 18, 6; Ov. M. 11, 137; Plin. 5, 29, 30, § 100; Val. Max. 5, 4, ext. 6.—Hence, Sardĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Sardis, Sardian: balani, Plin. 15, 23, 25, § 93: jurisdictio, id. 5, 29, 30, § 111.—In plur. subst.: Sardĭ-āni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Sardis, the Sardians, Cic. Fam. 13, 55, 1.

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  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. sardis (scan p. 829; entry #19854).

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