Μήδαβα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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All Letters / Μ Mu / Μήδαβα
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Μήδαβα, πόλις τῶν Ναβαταίων. ὁ πολίτης Μηδαβηνός, ὡς Οὐράνιος ἐν Ἀραβικῶν δευτέρῳ.

Medaba: a city of the Nabataians. A citizen is a 'Medabenos', as Ouranios in book 2 of his Arabika.

Text Details

Entry#171
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 449.6 · Billerbeck Μ171
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count12
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Οὐράνιος (Ouranios)Ἀραβικῶν β̄ · FGrHist 675 F 8
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ΜήδαβαMedaba (Madaba) · place
ΝαβαταῖοιNabataeans · people
ΜηδαβηνόςMedabenos (inhabitant of Medaba) · person
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Place Transfera city of the Nabataeans (i.e., associated with/inhabited by the Nabataeans).
Morphological Compositionthe citizen (demonym) 'Mēdabēnos' (the inhabitant is called Mēdabēnos).

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Last updated: 2026-04-12 10:11:05 UTC