Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὠβά

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὠβά

Structure: ὠβ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Sense

  1. a subdivision of the Spartan

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "Διὸσ Συλλανίου καὶ Ἀθανᾶσ Συλλανίασ ἱερὸν ἱδρυσάμενον, φυλὰσ φυλάξαντα καὶ ὠβὰσ ὠβάξαντα, τριάκοντα γερουσίαν σὺν ἀρχαγέταισ καταστήσαντα, ὡρ́ασ ἐξ ὡρ́ασ ἀπελλάζειν μεταξὺ Βαβύκασ τε καὶ Κνακιῶνοσ, οὕτωσ εἰσφέρειν τε καὶ ἀφίστασθαι δάμῳ δὲ τὰν κυρίαν ἦμεν καὶ κράτοσ" ἐν τούτοισ τὸ μὲν φυλὰσ φυλάξαι καὶ ὠβὰσ ὠβάξαι διελεῖν ἐστι καὶ κατανεῖμαι τὸ πλῆθοσ εἰσ μερίδασ, ὧν τὰσ μὲν φυλάσ, τὰσ δὲ ὠβὰσ προσηγόρευκεν. (Plutarch, Lycurgus, chapter 6 1:3)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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