ὄβρυζον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the neuter form of ὄβρυζος (óbruzos, “pure (esp. of gold)”, adj), most likely from the term ὄβρυζον χρυσίον (óbruzon khrusíon, “pure piece of gold”). See ὄβρυζα (óbruza) for further etymology.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ó.bryz.don/ → /ˈo.βry.zon/ → /ˈo.vri.zon/

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

Noun

ὄβρῠζον • (óbruzon) n (genitive ὀβρύζου); second declension

1. pure gold

   related terms: τάγχουρος (tánkhouros), χρυσός (khrusós)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὄβρῠζον; τοῦ ὀβρῠ́ζου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ ὄβρῠζον tò óbruzon
Genitive	τοῦ ὀβρῠ́ζου toû obrúzou
Dative	τῷ ὀβρῠ́ζῳ tôi obrúzōi
Accusative	τὸ ὄβρῠζον tò óbruzon
Vocative	ὄβρῠζον óbruzon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: obryzum (“pure gold”)
  • Arabic: إِبْرِيز (ʔibrīz, “pure gold (poetic)”)

Further reading

• “ὄβρυζον”, 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