charadrius

See also: Charadrius

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (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

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.