Latin edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ὄβρυζα (óbruza, assaying of gold), ultimately from 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-⁠/); for further connections see Arabic إِبْرِيز (ʔibrīz, pure gold).

Noun edit

obrussa f (genitive obrussae); first declension

  1. testing of gold by fire in a cupel, assay
  2. test, touchstone, proof, assay

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative obrussa obrussae
Genitive obrussae obrussārum
Dative obrussae obrussīs
Accusative obrussam obrussās
Ablative obrussā obrussīs
Vocative obrussa obrussae

References edit

  • 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, pages 1043–1044
  • obrussa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • obrussa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Weeks, David Michael (2006) Hittite Vocabulary: An Anatolian Appendix to Buck’s Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages. A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Indo-European Studies[1], Los Angeles, page 78