gobius

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek κωβιός (kōbiós), probably a Mediterranean substrate (Pre-Greek) loan, possibly Semitic. Compare Akkadian 𒆪𒇥 (kuppū).

Noun[edit]

gōbius m (genitive gōbiī or gōbī); second declension

  1. gudgeon (Gobio gobio and similar fish)

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gōbius gōbiī
Genitive gōbiī
gōbī1
gōbiōrum
Dative gōbiō gōbiīs
Accusative gōbium gōbiōs
Ablative gōbiō gōbiīs
Vocative gōbie gōbiī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants[edit]

From gōbius:

  • English: goby
  • French: gobie
  • Spanish: gobio
  • Translingual: Gobius

From gōbiō:

References[edit]

  • gobius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gobius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • gobius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.