gobius

Latin

Alternative forms

• gōbiō

Etymology

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

Noun

gōbius m (genitive gōbiī or gōbī); second declension

1. gudgeon (Gobio gobio and similar fish)

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

From gōbius:

• → English: goby
• French: gobie
• Spanish: gobio
• Translingual: Gobius

From gōbiō:

• French: goujon
  • → English: gudgeon
• Italian: gobione
• 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 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.