charadrius

See also: Charadrius

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χαραδριός (kharadriós). Doublet of caladrius.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kʰaˈra.dri.us/, [kʰäˈräd̪riʊs̠] or IPA(key): /kʰaˈrad.ri.us/, [kʰäˈräd̪riʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈra.dri.us/, [käˈräːd̪rius] or IPA(key): /kaˈrad.ri.us/, [käˈräd̪rius]

Noun

charadrius m (genitive charadriī or charadrī); second declension

  1. plover (of family Charadriidae)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative charadrius charadriī
Genitive charadriī
charadrī1		 charadriōrum
Dative charadriō charadriīs
Accusative charadrium charadriōs
Ablative charadriō charadriīs
Vocative charadrie charadriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References
  • “charadrius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • charadrius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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