gobius

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κωβιός (kōbiós), probably a Mediterranean substrate (Pre-Greek) loan, possibly Semitic. Compare Akkadian 𒆪𒇥 (kuppū).

Noun

gōbius m (genitive gōbiī); second declension

gudgeon

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gōbius	gōbiī
Genitive	gōbiī gōbī¹	gōbiōrum
Dative	gōbiō	gōbiīs
Accusative	gōbium	gōbiōs
Ablative	gōbiō	gōbiīs
Vocative	gōbī	gōbiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

English: goby, gudgeon
French: goujon, gobie
Italian: gobione
Spanish: gobio
Translingual: Gobio

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, 1883–1887)
gobius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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