ὄβριμος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὄμβριμος (ómbrimos)

Etymology

The word is traditionally compared with βρῑ́μη (brī́mē, “strength, might”), but the initial "ὀ-" yields serious problems. The prenasalization leads Beekes to suggest a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.bri.mos/ → /ˈo.βri.mos/ → /ˈo.vri.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.bri.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.bri.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.βri.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vri.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vri.mos/

Adjective

ὄβρῐμος • (óbrimos) m (feminine ὄβρῐμος or ὀβρίμᾱ, neuter ὄβρῐμον); first/second declension

1. strong, mighty, stout

Declension

Second declension of ὄβρῐμος; ὄβρῐμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὄβρῐμος óbrimos	ὄβρῐμον óbrimon		ὀβρῐ́μω obrímō	ὀβρῐ́μω obrímō		ὄβρῐμοι óbrimoi	ὄβρῐμᾰ óbrima
Genitive		ὀβρῐ́μου obrímou	ὀβρῐ́μου obrímou		ὀβρῐ́μοιν obrímoin	ὀβρῐ́μοιν obrímoin		ὀβρῐ́μων obrímōn	ὀβρῐ́μων obrímōn
Dative		ὀβρῐ́μῳ obrímōi	ὀβρῐ́μῳ obrímōi		ὀβρῐ́μοιν obrímoin	ὀβρῐ́μοιν obrímoin		ὀβρῐ́μοις obrímois	ὀβρῐ́μοις obrímois
Accusative		ὄβρῐμον óbrimon	ὄβρῐμον óbrimon		ὀβρῐ́μω obrímō	ὀβρῐ́μω obrímō		ὀβρῐ́μους obrímous	ὄβρῐμᾰ óbrima
Vocative		ὄβρῐμε óbrime	ὄβρῐμον óbrimon		ὀβρῐ́μω obrímō	ὀβρῐ́μω obrímō		ὄβρῐμοι óbrimoi	ὄβρῐμᾰ óbrima
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὀβρῐ́μως obrímōs			ὀβρῐμώτερος obrimṓteros			ὀβρῐμώτᾰτος obrimṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of ὄβρῐμος; ὀβρῐ́μᾱ; ὄβρῐμον (Doric)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὄβρῐμος óbrimos	ὀβρῐ́μᾱ obrímā	ὄβρῐμον óbrimon		ὀβρῐ́μω obrímō	ὀβρῐ́μᾱ obrímā	ὀβρῐ́μω obrímō		ὄβρῐμοι óbrimoi	ὄβρῐμαι óbrimai	ὄβρῐμᾰ óbrima
Genitive		ὀβρῐ́μοιο obrímoio	ὀβρῐ́μᾱς obrímās	ὀβρῐ́μοιο obrímoio		ὀβρῐ́μοιν obrímoin	ὀβρῐ́μαιν obrímain	ὀβρῐ́μοιν obrímoin		ὀβρῐ́μων obrímōn	ὀβρῐμᾶν obrimân	ὀβρῐ́μων obrímōn
Dative		ὀβρῐ́μῳ obrímōi	ὀβρῐ́μᾳ obrímāi	ὀβρῐ́μῳ obrímōi		ὀβρῐ́μοιν obrímoin	ὀβρῐ́μαιν obrímain	ὀβρῐ́μοιν obrímoin		ὀβρῐ́μοις obrímois	ὀβρῐ́μαις obrímais	ὀβρῐ́μοις obrímois
Accusative		ὄβρῐμον óbrimon	ὀβρῐ́μᾱν obrímān	ὄβρῐμον óbrimon		ὀβρῐ́μω obrímō	ὀβρῐ́μᾱ obrímā	ὀβρῐ́μω obrímō		ὀβρῐ́μους obrímous	ὀβρῐ́μᾱς obrímās	ὄβρῐμᾰ óbrima
Vocative		ὄβρῐμε óbrime	ὀβρῐ́μᾱ obrímā	ὄβρῐμον óbrimon		ὀβρῐ́μω obrímō	ὀβρῐ́μᾱ obrímā	ὀβρῐ́μω obrímō		ὄβρῐμοι óbrimoi	ὄβρῐμαι óbrimai	ὄβρῐμᾰ óbrima
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὀβρῐ́μως obrímōs				ὀβρῐμώτερος obrimṓteros				ὀβρῐμώτᾰτος obrimṓtatos
Notes:		Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ὀβριμόγυιος (obrimóguios)
• ὀβριμοδερκής (obrimoderkḗs)
• ὀβριμοδυνάστης (obrimodunástēs)
• ὀβριμοεργός (obrimoergós)
• ὀβρῐμόθῡμος (obrimóthūmos)
• ὀβριμόπαις (obrimópais)
• ὀβριμοπάτρη (obrimopátrē)
• ὀβριμόσπορος (obrimósporos)

 

Further reading

• “ὄβριμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὄβριμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὄβριμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὄβριμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • doughty idem, page 248.
  • mighty idem, page 528.
  • potent idem, page 629.
  • powerful idem, page 630.
  • stout idem, page 821.
  • strong idem, page 827.
  • vigorous idem, page 952.
• 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
• “ὄβριμος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011