Γοβρύας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Γωβρύᾱς (Gōbrúās)
  • Γωβρύης (Gōbrúēs)
  • Γοβρύης (Gobrúēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎥𐎢𐎲𐎽𐎢𐎺 (g-u-b-ru-u-v /⁠Gaubᵃruva⁠/), possibly meaning “chewing cattle” or “having cattle (or beef) for food”.[1]

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Γοβρύᾱς • (Gobrúās) m (genitive Γοβρύου); first declension

  1. a male given name from Old Persian, equivalent to English Gobryas

Inflection
First declension of ὁ Γοβρύᾱς; τοῦ Γοβρύου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Γοβρύᾱς
ho Gobrúās
Genitive τοῦ Γοβρύου
toû Gobrúou
Dative τῷ Γοβρύᾳ
tôi Gobrúāi
Accusative τὸν Γοβρύᾱν
tòn Gobrúān
Vocative Γοβρύᾱ
Gobrúā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Γοβρύας (Govrýas)
  • Latin: Gobryās

References
  1. Rüdiger Schmitt, "GAUB(A)RUVA", Encyclopaedia Iranica, December 15, 2000

Further reading
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011
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