Σάρδεις, εων, αἱ,
“Sardes”, the capital of Lydia, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 45 (_anapaest meter_); _dative_ Σάρδεσι [prev. work] 321 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—Ionic dialect Σάρδιες [[“Anthologia Graeca” 7.709 (from Alexander)] Refs], etc. (Σάρδῑς is only falsa lectio in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.102)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; genitive Σαρδίων, dative Σάρδῐσι, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.7, 5.101, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; accusative Σάοδιας [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 246, or Σάρδῑς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.27 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— adjective Σαρδιᾱνός, Ionic dialect Σαρδι-ηνός, ή, όν, [[[prev. work] 22, 80, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 630, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.172 (-ηνευς Papyrus)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ Σαρδιανοί [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—Σαρδιᾱνικός, ή, όν, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 112, “Pax” 1174, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 208; see at {βάπτω} I.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]