I.of or pertaining to Alida or Alinda, a town in Caria, where splendid garments were manufactured; hence, ălĭdense (sc. vestimentum), a full dress, court-dress, Lucr. 4, 1130; where Lachmann read alidensia, a word not elsewhere found in Latin or Greek, and Munro now reads indusia; v. indusium.
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Ălĭdensis , e, adj.,