gobius
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κωβιός (kōbiós), probably a Mediterranean substrate (Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "pregrc" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.) loan, possibly Semitic. Compare Akkadian 𒆪𒇥 (kuppū).
Noun
gōbius m (genitive gōbiī or gōbī); second declension
Declension
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
- English: goby, gudgeon
- French: goujon, gobie
- Italian: gobione
- Spanish: gobio
- Translingual: Gobio, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.
References
- “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.