obrussa

== Latin == === Alternative forms === obryza === Etymology === 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 === obrussa f (genitive obrussae); first declension testing of gold by fire in a cupel, assay test, touchstone, proof, assay ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === 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