ὄβριμος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ὄμβριμος (ómbrimos)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ó.bri.mos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈo.bri.mos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.βri.mos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vri.mos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈo.vri.mos/

Adjective

ὄβρῐμος • (óbrimos) m (feminine ὄβρῐμος or ὀβρίμᾱ, neuter ὄβρῐμον); first/second declension

strong, mighty, stout

Declension

Second declension of ὄβρῐμος; ὄβρῐμον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
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
Derived forms	ὀβρῐ́μως obrímōs		ὀβρῐμώτερος obrimṓteros		ὀβρῐμώτᾰτος obrimṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of ὄβρῐμος; ὀβρῐ́μᾱ; ὄβρῐμον (Doric)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
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
Derived forms	ὀβρῐ́μως obrímōs			ὀβρῐμώτερος obrimṓteros			ὀβρῐμώτᾰτος obrimṓtatos
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

ὀβριμόγυιος (obrimóguios)
ὀβριμοδερκής (obrimoderkḗs)
ὀβριμοδυνάστης (obrimodunástēs)
ὀβριμοεργός (obrimoergós)
ὀβριμόπαις (obrimópais)
ὀβριμοπάτρη (obrimopátrē)
ὀβριμόσπορος (obrimósporos)
ὀβρῐμόθῡμος (obrimóthūmos)

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“ὄβριμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
ὄβριμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ὄβριμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- doughty idem, page 248.
- mighty idem, page 528.
- potent idem, page 629.
- powerful idem, page 630.
- stout idem, page 821.
- strong idem, page 827.
- vigorous idem, page 952.
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
“ὄβριμος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011