χαραδριός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• χαλαδριός (khaladriós) — Byzantine

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

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.ra.dri.ós/ → /xa.ra.ðriˈos/ → /xa.ra.ðriˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.ra.dri.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.ra.driˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.ra.ðriˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.ra.ðriˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.ra.ðriˈos/

Noun

χαραδριός • (kharadriós) m (genitive χαραδριοῦ); second declension

1. A bird, probably the Eurasian stone curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus.
2. (Byzantine) caladrius (a mythical bird that had healing powers)
   • 2nd–4th centuries AD, Physiologus 6.1:

     Ἔστι πετεινὸν, λεγόμενον χαλαδριός

     Ésti peteinòn, legómenon khaladriós

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       There is a bird called chalandrius

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ χαραδριός; τοῦ χαραδριοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Old Armenian: քարադր (kʻaradr), քաղանդր (kʻałandr), քաղաթր (kʻałatʻr), քաղարդր (kʻałardr), քաղադր (kʻaładr), քաղդր (kʻałdr), քարադրոս (kʻaradros), քարարդ (kʻarard), քառադր (kʻaṙadr), քաղարդ (kʻałard), քաղանդրոս (kʻałandros), քարադրոն (kʻaradron), կալատրիս (kalatris)
  • → Old Georgian: ქალანდრო (kalandro), ქარანდრი (karandri)
• → Old Church Slavonic: харадрїонъ (xaradrionŭ), халадреѡнъ (xaladreonŭ), каладриконъ (kaladrikonŭ), каладринѡнъ (kaladrinonŭ), хадрїонъ (xadrionŭ)
• → Old Georgian: ხარადრიონი (xaradrioni)
• → Latin: charadrius, caladrius
• → Russian: хара́др (xarádr), хара́дрий (xarádrij), кала́дрий (kaládrij), кала́дриус (kaládrius)

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