Ὄβοδα

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Ὄβοδα, χωρίον Ναβαταίων. Οὐράνιος Ἀραβικῶν τετάρτῳ “ὅπου Ὀβόδης ὁ βασιλεύς, ὃν θεοποιοῦσι, τέθαπται”. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὀβοδηνός ὡς Δαχαρηνός.

Oboda: a settlement of the Nabataeans. Ouranios, in the 4th book of his Arabika: “where King Obodes—whom they deify—has been buried.” The ethnic is Obodēnos, as Dacharēnos.

Text Details

Entry#4
Greek textmeineke
Edition idsMeineke 482.15 · Billerbeck Ο4
OCRgemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-31
Word count18
AI translationlegacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

AuthorWork / Citation
Οὐράνιος (Ouranios)Ἀραβικῶν · FGrHist 675 F 24
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Mentioned Entities

EntityDetails
ὌβοδαOboda (Avdat) · place
ΝαβαταῖοιNabataeans · people
ὈβόδηςObodas (Oboda) · person
ὈβοδηνόςObodian (demonym) · people
ΔαχαρηνόςDacharēnos (ethnicon) · people
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Etymologies

CategoryExplanation
Eponym Person"where Obodes the king, whom they deify, is buried." (i.e., the place is named for King Obodes who is buried and worshipped there)
Morphological Composition"the ethnicon Ὀβοδηνός formed like Δαχαρηνός" (i.e., the demonym is formed by the regular Greek suffix -ηνός, comparable to Δαχαρηνός)

Links

Place linksOboda (Samian Ware Discovery Site) | 📍 Map
Page scanse9783110219630_i1855.jpg
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Herodian overlaps

Stephanos excerpt (left) is aligned with matched Herodian passages (right). Colors indicate corresponding overlap spans.

No significant Herodian overlaps were found for this headword in the latest run.

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