charadrius
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See also: Charadrius
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek χαραδριός (kharadriós). Doublet of caladrius.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) 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
[edit]charadrius m (genitive charadriī or charadrī); second declension
- plover (of family Charadriidae)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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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
[edit]- “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.