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 • (óbrŭzos) 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 óbrŭzos	ὀβρῠ́ζη obrŭ́zē	ὄβρῠζον óbrŭzon		ὀβρῠ́ζω obrŭ́zō	ὀβρῠ́ζᾱ obrŭ́zā	ὀβρῠ́ζω obrŭ́zō		ὄβρῠζοι óbrŭzoi	ὄβρῠζαι óbrŭzai	ὄβρῠζᾰ óbrŭză
Genitive		ὀβρῠ́ζου obrŭ́zou	ὀβρῠ́ζης obrŭ́zēs	ὀβρῠ́ζου obrŭ́zou		ὀβρῠ́ζοιν obrŭ́zoin	ὀβρῠ́ζαιν obrŭ́zain	ὀβρῠ́ζοιν obrŭ́zoin		ὀβρῠ́ζων obrŭ́zōn	ὀβρῠ́ζων obrŭ́zōn	ὀβρῠ́ζων obrŭ́zōn
Dative		ὀβρῠ́ζῳ obrŭ́zōi	ὀβρῠ́ζῃ obrŭ́zēi	ὀβρῠ́ζῳ obrŭ́zōi		ὀβρῠ́ζοιν obrŭ́zoin	ὀβρῠ́ζαιν obrŭ́zain	ὀβρῠ́ζοιν obrŭ́zoin		ὀβρῠ́ζοις obrŭ́zois	ὀβρῠ́ζαις obrŭ́zais	ὀβρῠ́ζοις obrŭ́zois
Accusative		ὄβρῠζον óbrŭzon	ὀβρῠ́ζην obrŭ́zēn	ὄβρῠζον óbrŭzon		ὀβρῠ́ζω obrŭ́zō	ὀβρῠ́ζᾱ obrŭ́zā	ὀβρῠ́ζω obrŭ́zō		ὀβρῠ́ζους obrŭ́zous	ὀβρῠ́ζᾱς obrŭ́zās	ὄβρῠζᾰ óbrŭză
Vocative		ὄβρῠζε óbrŭze	ὀβρῠ́ζη obrŭ́zē	ὄβρῠζον óbrŭzon		ὀβρῠ́ζω obrŭ́zō	ὀβρῠ́ζᾱ obrŭ́zā	ὀβρῠ́ζω obrŭ́zō		ὄβρῠζοι óbrŭzoi	ὄβρῠζαι óbrŭzai	ὄβρῠζᾰ óbrŭză
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὀβρῠ́ζως obrŭ́zōs				ὀβρῠζώτερος obrŭzṓteros				ὀβρῠζώτᾰτος obrŭzṓtătos
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