κωβιός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, probably a loan from Pre-Greek. Furnée compares Akkadian 𒆪𒇥 (kuppū, “kind of fish”), suggesting a Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κωβῐός • (kōbĭós) m (genitive κωβῐοῦ); second declension

  1. sort of fish of the gudgeon kind

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κωβῐός; τοῦ κωβῐοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κωβῐός
ho kōbĭós 		τὼ κωβῐώ
tṑ kōbĭṓ 		οἱ κωβῐοί
hoi kōbĭoí
Genitive τοῦ κωβῐοῦ
toû kōbĭoû 		τοῖν κωβῐοῖν
toîn kōbĭoîn 		τῶν κωβῐῶν
tôn kōbĭôn
Dative τῷ κωβῐῷ
tōî kōbĭōî 		τοῖν κωβῐοῖν
toîn kōbĭoîn 		τοῖς κωβῐοῖς
toîs kōbĭoîs
Accusative τὸν κωβῐόν
tòn kōbĭón 		τὼ κωβῐώ
tṑ kōbĭṓ 		τοὺς κωβῐούς
toùs kōbĭoús
Vocative κωβῐέ
kōbĭé 		κωβῐώ
kōbĭṓ 		κωβῐοί
kōbĭoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • κωβίδον (kōbídon)
  • κωβῖτις (kōbîtis)
  • κωβιώδης (kōbiṓdēs)

Descendants

  • → Latin: gōbius (see there for further descendants)
  • → Translingual: Gobius
  • Greek: γωβιός (goviós), γουβίδι (gouvídi)

Further reading

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