ὄβρυζος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὄβρυζα (óbruza, “assaying of gold”) + -ος (-os). See ὄβρυζα (óbruza) for further etymology.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ó.bry.zos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈo.bry.zos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈo.βry.zos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈo.vry.zos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈo.vri.zos/
Adjective
ὄβρῠζος • (óbruzos) m (feminine ὀβρύζη, neuter ὄβρῠζον); first/second declension
- having come through a fire test
- pure (especially when referring to gold)
- χρυσοῦ νόμισμα ὄβρυζον
- khrusoû nómisma óbruzon
- pure coin of gold
Inflection
First and second declension of ὄβρῠζος; ὀβρῠ́ζη; ὄβρῠζον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ὄβρῠζος óbruzos | ὀβρῠ́ζη obrúzē | ὄβρῠζον óbruzon | ὀβρῠ́ζω obrúzō | ὀβρῠ́ζᾱ obrúzā | ὀβρῠ́ζω obrúzō | ὄβρῠζοι óbruzoi | ὄβρῠζαι óbruzai | ὄβρῠζᾰ óbruza | |||||
Genitive | ὀβρῠ́ζου obrúzou | ὀβρῠ́ζης obrúzēs | ὀβρῠ́ζου obrúzou | ὀβρῠ́ζοιν obrúzoin | ὀβρῠ́ζαιν obrúzain | ὀβρῠ́ζοιν obrúzoin | ὀβρῠ́ζων obrúzōn | ὀβρῠ́ζων obrúzōn | ὀβρῠ́ζων obrúzōn | |||||
Dative | ὀβρῠ́ζῳ obrúzōi | ὀβρῠ́ζῃ obrúzēi | ὀβρῠ́ζῳ obrúzōi | ὀβρῠ́ζοιν obrúzoin | ὀβρῠ́ζαιν obrúzain | ὀβρῠ́ζοιν obrúzoin | ὀβρῠ́ζοις obrúzois | ὀβρῠ́ζαις obrúzais | ὀβρῠ́ζοις obrúzois | |||||
Accusative | ὄβρῠζον óbruzon | ὀβρῠ́ζην obrúzēn | ὄβρῠζον óbruzon | ὀβρῠ́ζω obrúzō | ὀβρῠ́ζᾱ obrúzā | ὀβρῠ́ζω obrúzō | ὀβρῠ́ζους obrúzous | ὀβρῠ́ζᾱς obrúzās | ὄβρῠζᾰ óbruza | |||||
Vocative | ὄβρῠζε óbruze | ὀβρῠ́ζη obrúzē | ὄβρῠζον óbruzon | ὀβρῠ́ζω obrúzō | ὀβρῠ́ζᾱ obrúzā | ὀβρῠ́ζω obrúzō | ὄβρῠζοι óbruzoi | ὄβρῠζαι óbruzai | ὄβρῠζᾰ óbruza | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ὀβρῠ́ζως obrúzōs | ὀβρῠζώτερος obruzṓteros | ὀβρῠζώτᾰτος obruzṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- ὀβρυζιακός (obruziakós, “pure (esp. of gold)”)
Derived terms
- ὄβρυζον (óbruzon, “pure gold (as a noun)”)
Descendants
- Latin: obryzus (“refined, assayed”)
- Latin: obryzum (“pure gold”)
- Arabic: إِبْرِيز (ʾibrīz, “pure gold (poetic)”)
Further reading
- “ὄβρυζος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN