χᾰραδρ-ιός, ὁ,
a bird, probably the thickknee or Norfolk plover, Charadrius oedicnemus, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 266, 1141, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 37, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 593b15, 615a1, LXX.Lev.11.19, LXX.Deu.14.17(18) ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; it was very greedy, hence proverbial χαραδριοῦ βίον ζῆν, of a glutton, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 494b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; the sight of it was held to be a cure for the jaundice,[[compare 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 52, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.681c, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 17.13. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]