χαραδριός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The formation is similar to other bird names, like αἰγυπιός (aigupiós), αἰγωλιός (aigōliós) and ἐρῳδιός (erōidiós). Traditionally derived from χαράδρα (kharádra, “dry bed of a river”), but it could be folk etymology.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.ra.dri.ós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰa.ra.driˈos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xa.ra.ðriˈos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xa.ra.ðriˈos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xa.ra.ðriˈos/
Noun
χαραδριός • (kharadriós) m (genitive χαραδριοῦ); second declension
- A bird, probably the Eurasian stone-curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus.
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ χαραδριός ho kharadriós |
τὼ χαραδριώ tṑ kharadriṓ |
οἱ χαραδριοί hoi kharadrioí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ χαραδριοῦ toû kharadrioû |
τοῖν χαραδριοῖν toîn kharadrioîn |
τῶν χαραδριῶν tôn kharadriôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ χαραδριῷ tôi kharadriôi |
τοῖν χαραδριοῖν toîn kharadrioîn |
τοῖς χαραδριοῖς toîs kharadrioîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν χαραδριόν tòn kharadrión |
τὼ χαραδριώ tṑ kharadriṓ |
τοὺς χαραδριούς toùs kharadrioús | ||||||||||
Vocative | χαραδριέ kharadrié |
χαραδριώ kharadriṓ |
χαραδριοί kharadrioí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χαραδριός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χαραδριός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χαραδριός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette