ardĕa: ae, f. kindred with the Gr. ἐρωδιός and ῥωδιός; cf. the Sanscr. rud = sonare,I a heron (in Pliny usu. ardeola, q. v.), Verg. G. 1, 364.
(1) ardĕa,¹⁶ æ, f., héron : Virg. G. 1, 364.