Μῶβα

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Entry #266
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 466.1 | Billerbeck: Μ266
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count: 29
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Οὐράνιος (Ouranios) FGrHist 675 F 9 [Ἀραβικῶν]
Entities: Μώαβ (Moab) [place], Ἀραβία (Arabia) [place], Μωβηνός (inhabitants of Moab (Moabites)) [people], Μωβηνή (female inhabitant of Moab (Moabite, feminine)) [people], Μώαβ (Moab) [place], Μωαβίτης (Moabite (masculine)) [people], Μωαβῖτις (Moabite (feminine)) [people]
Etymologies: Place Transfer: It seems that the alpha is lacking; for it was Μώαβα.; Morphological Composition: The inhabitants are called Mōbēnoi, and in the feminine Mōbēnē.; Morphological Composition: And the ethnic (demonym) Μωαβίτης, the feminine Μωαβῖτις.
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Μῶβα, μοῖρα τῆς Ἀραβίας. Οὐράνιος ἐν Ἀραβικῶν δευτέρῳ. οἱ οἰκοῦντες Μωβηνοί, καὶ θηλυκῶς Μωβηνή. ἔοικε δ´ ἐνδεῖν τὸ « α ». ἦν γὰρ Μώαβα καὶ τὸ ἐθνικὸν Μωαβίτης, τὸ θηλυκὸν Μωαβῖτις.

Mōba: a district of Arabia. Ouranios in book 2 of the Arabika. The inhabitants are called Mōbenoi, and in the feminine Mōbenē. But it seems that an alpha is lacking; for it was (properly) Mōaba; and the ethnic is Mōabītēs, feminine Mōabîtis.

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