ὄβρυζα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Definite Pre-Greek origin. Has been compared to Hurrian 𒂁𒄷𒌋𒌒𒊒𒍑𒄭 (DUG.ḫu-u-ub-ru-uš-ḫi /⁠ḫubrušḫi⁠/, “crucible, smelter, melting-pot”), likely via the route of Hittite 𒄷𒌒𒊒𒍑𒄭 (ḫu-up-ru-uš-ḫi /⁠ḫuprušḫi-⁠/). See Arabic إِبْرِيز (ʔibrīz, “pure gold”) for further borrowings/connections.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.bryz.da/ → /ˈo.βry.za/ → /ˈo.vri.za/

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

Noun

ὄβρῠζα • (óbruza) f (genitive ὀβρύζης); first declension

1. assaying of gold

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ὄβρῠζᾰ; τῆς ὀβρῠ́ζης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὄβρῠζᾰ hē óbruza	τὼ ὀβρῠ́ζᾱ tṑ obrúzā	αἱ ὄβρῠζαι hai óbruzai
Genitive	τῆς ὀβρῠ́ζης tês obrúzēs	τοῖν ὀβρῠ́ζαιν toîn obrúzain	τῶν ὀβρῠζῶν tôn obruzôn
Dative	τῇ ὀβρῠ́ζῃ têi obrúzēi	τοῖν ὀβρῠ́ζαιν toîn obrúzain	ταῖς ὀβρῠ́ζαις taîs obrúzais
Accusative	τὴν ὄβρῠζᾰν tḕn óbruzan	τὼ ὀβρῠ́ζᾱ tṑ obrúzā	τᾱ̀ς ὀβρῠ́ζᾱς tā̀s obrúzās
Vocative	ὄβρῠζᾰ óbruza	ὀβρῠ́ζᾱ obrúzā	ὄβρῠζαι óbruzai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὄβρυζος (óbruzos, “having come through a fire test, pure (esp. of gold)”)
• ὀβρυζιακός (obruziakós, “pure (esp. of gold)”)

Descendants

• Latin: obrussa (“assay of gold”)
• Latin: obryzus (“refined, assayed”)
• Latin: obryzum (“pure gold”)
  • Arabic: إِبْرِيز (ʔibrīz, “pure gold (poetic)”)

Adjective

ὄβρυζα • (óbruza)

1. nominative plural of ὄβρυζος (óbruzos) n
2. accusative plural of ὄβρυζος (óbruzos) n
3. vocative plural of ὄβρυζος (óbruzos) n

Further reading

• “ὄβρυζα”, 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