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

(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

A bird, probably the Eurasian stone curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus.
(Byzantine) caladrius (a mythical bird that had healing powers)
- 2nd-4th centuries AD, Physiologus 6.1:[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 (kʿaradr), քաղանդր (kʿałandr), քաղաթր (kʿałatʿr), քաղարդր (kʿałardr), քաղադր (kʿaładr), քաղդր (kʿałdr), քարադրոս (kʿaradros), քարարդ (kʿarard), քառադր (kʿaṙadr), քաղարդ (kʿałard), քաղանդրոս (kʿałandros), քարադրոն (kʿaradron), կալատրիս (kalatris)
- → Old Georgian: ქალანდრო (kalandro), ქარანდრი (karandri)
→ Old Georgian: ხარადრიონი (xaradrioni)
→ Old Church Slavonic: харадрїонъ (xaradrionŭ), халадреѡнъ (xaladreonŭ), каладриконъ (kaladrikonŭ), каладринѡнъ (kaladrinonŭ), хадрїонъ (xadrionŭ)
→ Latin: charadrius, caladrius
→ Russian: хара́др (xarádr), хара́дрий (xarádrij), кала́дрий (kaládrij), кала́дриус (kaládrius)

References

Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)‎, Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 95, 144