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.
ὄβρῐμος • (óbrimos) m (feminine ὄβρῐμος or ὀβρίμᾱ, neuter ὄβρῐμον); first/second declension
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
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