Βριζώ

Βριζώ

See also: βρίζω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βρίζω (brízō, “to slumber”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bri.zɔ̌ː/ → /βriˈzo/ → /vriˈzo/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bri.zɔ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /briˈzo/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βriˈzo/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vriˈzo/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vriˈzo/

Proper noun

Βρῐζώ • (Brizṓ) f (genitive Βρῐζοῦς); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Brizo, goddess who divines by dreams

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Βρῐζώ; τῆς Βρῐζοῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βρῐζώ hē Brizṓ
Genitive	τῆς Βρῐζοῦς tês Brizoûs
Dative	τῇ Βρῐζοῖ têi Brizoî
Accusative	τὴν Βρῐζώ tḕn Brizṓ
Vocative	Βρῐζοῖ Brizoî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Brizō

Further reading

• “Βριζώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Βριζώ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)