Μήδαβα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

Μήδαβα OCR ✓ Trans ✓ Confirmed ✓
city
Entry #171
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 449.6 | Billerbeck: Μ171
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-29
Word count: 12
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Οὐράνιος (Ouranios) FGrHist 675 F 8 [Ἀραβικῶν β̄]
Entities: Μήδαβα (Medaba (Madaba)) [place], Ναβαταῖοι (Nabataeans) [people], Μηδαβηνός (Medabenos (inhabitant of Medaba)) [person]
Etymologies: Place Transfer: a city of the Nabataeans (i.e., associated with/inhabited by the Nabataeans).; Morphological Composition: the citizen (demonym) 'Mēdabēnos' (the inhabitant is called Mēdabēnos).
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Μήδαβα, πόλις τῶν Ναβαταίων. ὁ πολίτης Μηδαβηνός, ὡς Οὐράνιος ἐν Ἀραβικῶν δευτέρῳ.
Mēdaba: a city of the Nabataeans. The citizen (ethnic) is Mēdabēnos, as Ouranios [Uranios] says in book 2 of his *Arabika*.

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