- κωβιός
- κωβιός (-ίος)Grammatical information: m.Meaning: name of `a fish, of the gudgeon kind' (IA.)Derivatives: -ίδιον (com., Arist.); also as plant-name, 'τιθύμαλλος, Euphorbia' (Dsc., Plin.); κωβῖτις `kind of ἀφύη' (Arist.; Redard Les noms grecs en -της 83), κωβιώδης 'κ. -like' (Plu.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] = LW [loanword] Assyr.?Etymology: Prob. a loan. Lat. LW [loanword] gōbius (c-), gōbiō (c-), cf. W.-Hofmann s.v., Kretschmer Glotta 16, 166. Fur. 328 compares Assyr. kuppū, gubbua fish'.Page in Frisk: 2,59
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.