Ὄμβοι

Stephanos of Byzantium - Ethnika

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Entry #64
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 492.3 | Billerbeck: Ο64
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2026-01-01
Word count: 13
Sources: Ἀλέξανδρος (Alexander) FGrHist 273 F 4 [Ἀιγυπτιακῶν]
Entities: Ὄμβοι (Omboi) [place], Αἴγυπτος (Egypt) [place], Λιβύη (Libya) [place], Ὀμβῖται (people of Omboi (Omboites)) [people]
Etymologies: Unclear Metalinguistic: the ethnic name is 'Ομβῖται' (the inhabitants are called Ombitai)
Source: e9783110219630_i1978.jpg
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Ὄμβοι, πόλις Αἰγύπτου πρὸς τῇ Λιβύῃ. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν πρώτῳ Αἰγυπτιακῶν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὀμβῖται.
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Herodian overlaps

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

Herodian 1.138
char LCS 57 (78.1%) · word LCS 10 (76.9%)
Stephanos
Ὄμβοι, πόλις Αἰγύπτου πρὸς τῇ Λιβύῃ. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν πρώτῳ Αἰγυπτιακῶν. τὸ ἐθνικὸν Ὀμβῖται.
Herodian
…βος. λέμβος, βόμβος, τύμβος, ῥύμβος, στίβος, τρίβος. Στρόβος πόλις Μακεδονίας. Τάβος ἥρως, ἀφ´ οὗ Τάβαι πόλις Λυδίας. Θράμβος ἀκρωτήριον Μακεδονίας. Ἴσβος Ἰσαυρίας πόλις, Κύβος ἢ καὶ Κυβώ, πόλις Ἰώνων ἐν Λιβύῃ Φοινίκων, Ὄμβοι πόλις Αἰγύπτου πρὸς τῇ Λιβύῃ. Ἀλέξανδρος ἐν πρώτῳ Αἰγυπτιακῶν. Σάβοι ἔθνος Φρυγίας. λέγονται καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ βάκχοι παρὰ Φρυξίν. Σάμβος πόλις Ἀράβων καὶ οἱ πολῖται Σάμβοι. Βοῖβος Γλαφύρου υἱός, ἀφ´ οὗ Βοίβη πόλις Θεσσαλίας. Στροῖβος ὁ ἀδελφὸς Γύζαντος. σεσημείωται τὸ Βόλβος παροξυνόμ…

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