Γωβρύης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎥𐎢𐎲𐎽𐎢𐎺 (g-u-b-ru-u-v /⁠Gaubaruvaʰ⁠⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔː.brý.ɛːs/ → /ɣoˈβry.is/ → /ɣoˈvri.is/

• (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

1. 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