ὄβρυζος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄβρυζα (óbruza, “assaying of gold”) +‎ -ος (-os). See ὄβρυζα (óbruza) for further etymology.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.bryz.dos/ → /ˈo.βry.zos/ → /ˈo.vri.zos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.bryz.dos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.bry.zos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.βry.zos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vry.zos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vri.zos/

Adjective

ὄβρῠζος • (óbruzos) m (feminine ὀβρύζη, neuter ὄβρῠζον); first/second declension

1. having come through a fire test
2. 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
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 (ʔibrīz, “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