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==Catalan==
===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}
===Adjective===
{{head|ca|adjective form}}
# {{masculine plural of|ca|ardu}}
==Esperanto==
===Verb===
{{head|eo-head}}
# {{eo-form of|ard|us}}
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==French==
===Adjective===
{{head|fr-adj-|adjective form}}
# {{masculine plural of|ardu|lang=fr|ardu}}
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==Latin==
===Alternative forms===
* [[aridus|āridus]] (''more common'', ''original form'')
===Etymology===
{{syncopic form|la|āridus}}.
Contracted from the synonymous term {{term|āridus||dry, arid, parched|lang=la}} originally from the verb {{term|āreo||I am dry, I am parched|lang=la}}, akin to {{term|ārdeō||I'm on fire, I burn|lang=la}}. Confer the term {{term|arfacio|lang=la}} which is contracted from the synonymous term {{term|ārefacio||I make dry|lang=la}}.
===AdjectivePronunciation===
* {{la-adj-1&2IPA|ardus|arda|arda|ardum|ardum}}
===Adjective===
# [[dry]], [[parched]], [[withered]], [[arid]]
{{la-adj|ārdus}}
#: ''Montes '''aridi''' steriles[[-que|que]].''
#:: '''Parched''' and barren mountains.
#: '''''Arida''' ligna.''
#:: '''Dry''' wood.
#: ''Terra '''arida''' et sicca.''
#:: An '''arid''' and dry ground.
# {{context|of things|lang=la}} [[dry]], [[lean]], [[meagre]], [[shrivelled]]; [[withered]] (''e.g. from disease'')
#: ''Uvis '''aridior''' puella passis.''[http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/priap/prp32.htm]
#:: A damsel '''drier''' than the raisin'd grape.
#: ''Vita horrida atque '''arida'''.''
#:: Rough and '''meagre''' life.
# {{qualifier|rhetorical style|orators}} [[uninspired]], ''[[jejune]]'', [[spiritless]]
#: '''''Aridi''' magistri.''
#:: '''Uninspired''' teachers.
#: ''Sicci omnino atque '''aridi''' pueri.''
#:: Sapless lads, altogether, and '''dry'''.
# {{context|slang|lang=la}} [[avaricious]], someone [[greedy]] or [[stingy]] (confer the [[tongue-in-cheek]] term {{term|Argentiexterebronides||the name of one who is skilled in extorting money; a sponger|lang=la}})
# {{alternative form of|la|āridus}}
{{la-decl-1&2|ard}}
▲==== InflectionDeclension====
[[Category:Latin contractions]]
{{la-adecl|ārdus}}
===References===
[[de:ardus]]
* {{R:L&S}}
[[el:ardus]]
* {{R:du Cange}}
[[fr:ardus]]
* {{R:Gaffiot}}
[[it:ardus]]
[[mg:ardus]]
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