ὄβρυζα

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.

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

1. assaying of gold

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

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

ὄβρυζα • (óbruza)

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

• “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