Γωβρύης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎥𐎢𐎲𐎽𐎢𐎺 (g-u-b-ru-u-v /Gaubᵃruva, Gaubarᵘva/), possibly meaning “chewing/devouring cattle” or “having cattle (or beef) for food”[1][2].

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡɔː.brý.ɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡoˈbry.e̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣoˈβry.is/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣoˈvry.is/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣoˈvri.is/

Proper noun

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

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 tôi 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

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

[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