noun
ardĕlĭo
Meaning
- a zealous person
ardĕlĭo, ōnis, m. ardeo, prop.
I. a zealous person; hence, in a bad sense, a busybody, a meddler, = πολυπράγμων, Phaedr. 2, 5, 1 sq.; cf. the epigrams of Mart. 2, 7; 4, 79.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ārdeliō onis, m
cf. ardor, a busybody, Ph.