Γωβρύης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Γωβρύᾱς (Gōbrúās)
  • Γοβρύας (Gobrúas)
  • Γοβρύης (Gobrúēs)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎥𐎢𐎲𐎽𐎢𐎺 (g-u-b-ru-u-v /⁠Gaubaruvaʰ⁠⁠/).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Γωβρύης • (Gōbrúēs) m (genitive Γοβρύου); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Γωβρύης; τοῦ Γωβρύου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Γωβρύης
ho Gōbrúēs
Genitive τοῦ Γωβρύου
toû Gōbrúou
Dative τῷ Γωβρύῃ
tōî Gōbrúēi
Accusative τὸν Γωβρύην
tòn Gōbrúēn
Vocative Γωβρύη
Gōbrúē
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Γωβρύης (Govrýis)
  • → Latin: Gōbryēs

References

  1. ^ Rüdiger Schmitt, "GAUB(A)RUVA", Encyclopaedia Iranica, December 15, 2000
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “1.2.18. Gaubar(u)va”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 17
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