Γοβρύας

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

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡo.brý.aːs/ → /ɣoˈβry.as/ → /ɣoˈvri.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡo.brý.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡoˈbry.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣoˈβry.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣoˈvry.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣoˈvri.as/

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
  • English: Gobryas

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