Μῶβα

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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 Mōaba; and the ethnic is Mōabītēs, feminine Mōabîtis.

Text Details

Entry	#266
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 466.1 · Billerbeck Μ266
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-30
Word count	29
AI translation	legacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Οὐράνιος (Ouranios)	Ἀραβικῶν · FGrHist 675 F 9

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
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

Category	Explanation
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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Page scans	e9783110219630_i1578.jpg
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